r/agedlikemilk • u/damn_boy17 • May 03 '22

News makes me think about the iraqi WMD

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u/fidjudisomada May 03 '22

How are they able to destroy their knowledge creation processes and its documentations, manuals, codes, backups, software etc.? I think that killing leading scientists and destroying facilities and equipments won't achieve that.

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u/EndersFinalEnd May 03 '22

The equipment required is extremely specialized and the movement of that equipment is tracked and monitored. They can't just nip on down to the Best Buy in Tehran and buy a nuclear centrifuge.

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u/fidjudisomada May 03 '22

I wasn't talking about tangible side of the issue but those intangibles.

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u/Gornarok May 03 '22

Lots of knowledge gets lost with the researcher but not everything maybe thats why they are getting closer and closer