# Was the Stuxnet malware designed to destroy Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant?

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**Created:** [September 25, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-stuxnet-malware-designed-to-destroy-irans-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant/554976 "2010-09-25T05:19:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-stuxnet-malware-designed-to-destroy-irans-bushehr-nuclear-power-plant/554976/12 "2010-09-25T15:30:12Z")

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> [@Oh sweet, sweet new Pratchett](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-sweet-sweet-new-pratchett/63752/24):
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> The U.S. government has had a long-standing problem of not being able to get the best computer minds to work for them, for a huge host of reasons. No chance of a billion-dollar payback, absence of utterly cool working conditions, not being able to talk to others about the work. But also, a lack of really interesting problems.

Israel avoids this problem by having a general draft - most of the best coders in the country between the ages of 18 and 21 work for the military.

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