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Originally Posted by patteeu

I'm not sure why you think you know that.

Evidence made available to the public.

It doesnt sound like you are disagreeing with anything I said, just wondering how I know. All of this is common knowledge at this point, but if there is a part of my post you disagree with, than CLEARLY let me know. I really dont feel like walking you through this when its readily available via a simple google search.

Originally Posted by patteeu

Again, where do you get your confidence? What makes you think the US used cyberweapons first?

Little Boy used against Hiroshima, was the first KNOWN deployment of an atomic bomb. Could another country have secretly acquired and deployed one first? sure, but their is no evidence of that and the idea is nearly statistically improbable.

That is the same with cyberweapons deployed by Operation Olympic Games.

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researchers at Symantec have uncovered a version of the Stuxnet computer virus that was used to attack Iran's nuclear program in November 2007, being developed as early as 2005, when Iran was still setting up its uranium enrichment facility.

you are going to be hard pressed to find a deployment of a cyberweapon by a nation state before that time frame.

Originally Posted by patteeu

Or that others wouldn't have acted without the US acting first?

There is no proof that another country wouldnt have deployed atomic and plutonium weapons before the US. Since US deployment in world war II, there has been an arms race to acquire nuclear weapons because it is thought of as the "great equalizer."

Same can be said about cyberweapons. There is no proof that another country wouldn't have acted first, but the fact that the US has, led to a race by other countries to have similar capabilities.