Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir
Al Arabiya/AFP: Jubeir: Saudi Arabia will seek nuclear weapon if Iran does
Saudi Arabia will seek to develop its own nuclear weapons if Iran does, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told CNN on Wednesday, amid spiraling tension between the regional rivals.
Asked whether Riyadh would “build a bomb itself” if Tehran seizes on Washington's withdrawal from the 2015 Iran deal to resume a nuclear weapons program, Jubeir said: “If Iran acquires nuclear capability we will do everything we can to do the same.”
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WNU Editor: There is a part of me that strongly believes that Saudi Arabia will pursue a nuclear weapons program in the future .... even if Ian does not. Almost all of the major countries in the Middle East .... Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt .... do have the resources and means to pursue these weapons programs. It is amazing to me that with the exception of Iran .... they have held back this long.
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Saudis said some time ago that if Iran got nukes they too would get them and Turkey has said it would also go for them if Iran and and Saudi Arabia got them...Now, Pres. Trump, see you and raise you two
Saudi Arabia already has a nuke of Pakistani origin. They paid for it.
It is not organically made.
Damn Ian.. always chasing after those nukes!
Just as Anon said, Saudi Arabia has been long invested in Pakistans nuclear weapons. These two Arab nations are very friendly, politically speaking, and its a way for the major Sunni power actors to counter the Shia Iranian threat, while allowing for Saudi Arabia to be politically disconnected from the ramifications that come with possessing these weapons. Saudi Arabia essentially has unfettered access to these weapons should the need arise.
The Saudis also have Chinese -made DF-5 missiles, quite capable of carrying Pakistani warheads.
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