Sunday, December 26, 2021

Is China Helping Saudi Arabia Its Own Ballistic Missiles?

 

CNBC/NBC News: Saudi Arabia appears to be building its own ballistic missiles with China’s help 

Saudi Arabia is building its own ballistic missiles with the help of China, according to United States intelligence assessments and satellite images. 

The assessment of U.S. intelligence agencies is that the kingdom, which is long thought to have acquired missiles from Beijing, is now manufacturing its own, according to a source familiar with the matter and a U.S. official. 

Satellite images obtained by NBC News also suggest that Saudi Arabia is producing ballistic missiles at a site west of the capital, Riyadh, according to researchers at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, in California.  

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Is China Helping Saudi Arabia Its Own Ballistic Missiles  

US intelligence, satellite photos, show Saudi Arabia is building ballistic missiles with help of China -- CNN  

China assisting Saudi Arabia in producing ballistic missiles, US intelligence experts believe -- The New Arab 

Saudi Arabia-China Ballistic Missile Deal 'Deeply Alarming,' Senator Says -- Newsweek

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Licensing is cheaper and safer in the long run.

Jac said...

That's an alarming problem of China "proliferation".