Saudi Arabia: We Have Nukes
Saudi Arabia has announced it
has had nuclear weapons for more than two years and plans to test one
soon in response the growing military threat from Iran and Russia.
“Yes, we have a nuclear bomb,” Saudi political analyst Dahham Al-‘Anzi told RT on February 15. “To put it simply, yes.”
“This is not breaking news, the superpowers have known about this for years,” Al-‘Anzi said bluntly.
“We have said before that if Iran were to impudently announce a nuclear test, Saudi Arabia would announce one too. No problem.”
Rumors that Saudi Arabia was shopping for nukes from Pakistan began last January. At the time, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry publicly warned the two countries that there would be “all kinds of NPT [Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty] consequences” if any such plan went through.
Saudi Arabia signed the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty in 1988; Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, and Oman have also signed the document. Countries agree to never acquire nuclear weapons, and share in the mutual benefit of peaceful nuclear technology.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir responded by saying his country “is committed to two things. I always say two things we do not negotiate over, our faith and our security. Saudi Arabia will do whatever it takes in order to protect our nation and our people from any harm. And I will leave it at that.”
Iran has been accused of funding rebel and terrorist factions in the region, including Houthi rebels in Yemen, which is on Saudi Arabia’s southern border. A Saudi-led coalition to destroy the Houthi rebels has proven unsuccessful so far.
“Iran should cease to support terrorism. Iran should cease to assassinate diplomats and blow up embassies. Iran should cease to support militias whose objective is to destabilize countries in the region. Iran should cease its policy of negative propaganda in the region. Other than that, things should be fine with Iran,” Al-Jubeir added.
Al-‘Anzi’s claim of Saudi nukes was confirmed by the founding director of the CIA’s Counter-terrorism sector, Duane Clarridge, who said the country has between 4-7 nuclear weapons that can be delivered by either F-15 planes or a recently-purchased Chinese missile system.
“Yes, we have a nuclear bomb,” Saudi political analyst Dahham Al-‘Anzi told RT on February 15. “To put it simply, yes.”
“This is not breaking news, the superpowers have known about this for years,” Al-‘Anzi said bluntly.
“We have said before that if Iran were to impudently announce a nuclear test, Saudi Arabia would announce one too. No problem.”
Rumors that Saudi Arabia was shopping for nukes from Pakistan began last January. At the time, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry publicly warned the two countries that there would be “all kinds of NPT [Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty] consequences” if any such plan went through.
Saudi Arabia signed the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty in 1988; Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, and Oman have also signed the document. Countries agree to never acquire nuclear weapons, and share in the mutual benefit of peaceful nuclear technology.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir responded by saying his country “is committed to two things. I always say two things we do not negotiate over, our faith and our security. Saudi Arabia will do whatever it takes in order to protect our nation and our people from any harm. And I will leave it at that.”
Iran has been accused of funding rebel and terrorist factions in the region, including Houthi rebels in Yemen, which is on Saudi Arabia’s southern border. A Saudi-led coalition to destroy the Houthi rebels has proven unsuccessful so far.
“Iran should cease to support terrorism. Iran should cease to assassinate diplomats and blow up embassies. Iran should cease to support militias whose objective is to destabilize countries in the region. Iran should cease its policy of negative propaganda in the region. Other than that, things should be fine with Iran,” Al-Jubeir added.
Al-‘Anzi’s claim of Saudi nukes was confirmed by the founding director of the CIA’s Counter-terrorism sector, Duane Clarridge, who said the country has between 4-7 nuclear weapons that can be delivered by either F-15 planes or a recently-purchased Chinese missile system.
Saudi Arabia was the financier of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program in the 1970’s. As a result, Clarridge said, the Saudis were able to get nuclear weapons from Pakistan.
Clarridge could not say if the Saudis have physical possession of the nuclear weapons, or if they are in Pakistan. He did leave open the possibility that the Saudis could use the nukes in a pre-emptive strike against Iranian military positions.
