Despite Iran’s seemingly quick recovery from Stuxnet, the digital weapon did have at least two longer-lasting effects on the enrichment program. First, it cut into Iran’s supply of uranium gas. Several tons of enriched uranium ended up in dump tanks during the period that Stuxnet was doing its sabotage. The waste likely wasn’t all due to Stuxnet, since technicians experienced a number of varied problems with the centrifuges, but Stuxnet no doubt contributed to the loss. As previously noted, Iran had a limited supply of uranium on hand (some imported from abroad, some mined from its own land),
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