US defence experts are investigating claims that Saddam Hussein is building a weapons supercomputer from Sony PlayStation 2s.
Individual units of the powerful games console can be linked up and boosted so their computing powers can be used to design long-range missiles or even nuclear devices.
The news confirms the worst fears of the Japanese government which first warned of the potential danger of the high specification PlayStation eight months ago.
A leaked US Defence Intelligence Agency report now confirms that up to 4,000 of the consoles have been bought and shipped to Iraq in the last three months.
Experts say that the PlayStation 2 designers may have unwittingly built a machine ideal for weapons work because its technology is so advanced.
One source told WorldNet Daily: "Applications for this system are potentially frightening. One expert I spoke with estimated that an integrated bundle of 12 to 15 PlayStations could provide enough power to control an Iraqi unmanned aerial vehicle."
Playstation 2= Weapon of mass destruction?
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