Saudi Arabia and China

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 class="s1mainStoryHeadline" style="color: red; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Saudis are buying nuclear-capable missiles from China</span></h1><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="articleDescription">via DEBKA<em>file</em></span></span> <span class="articleDescription red italic"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y1aDOSo82Bs?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><span class="articleBody"></span><br /> <span class="debka"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="debka">debka</span><span class="file">file</span>’s military sources report that Saudi Arabia has set its feet on the path to a nuclear weapon capability and is negotiating in Beijng the purchase of Chinese nuclear-capable Dong-Fen 21 ((NATO-codenamed CSS-5) ballistic missile.</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"> China, which has agreed to the transaction in principle, would also build a base of operations near Riyadh for the new Saudi purchases. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> As we reported last year, Saudi Arabia has struck a deal with Pakistan for the availability on demand of a nuclear warhead from Islamabad’s arsenal for fitting onto a ballistic missile.<br /> Riyadh owns a direct interest in the two most active Middle East issues: Iran and Syria.<br /> Iran’s nuclear weapons program has been advancing for two decades regardless of countless attempts at restraint by every diplomatic tool under the sun and a rising scale of sanctions – to no avail.<br /> Tehran marches on regardless of impediments. In Istanbul, Tuesday, July 3, the six powers and Iran failed the fourth attempt to reach an accommodation on Iran’s nuclear program.<br /> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">The Syrian ruler Bashar <a href="http://www.debka.com/article/22151">Assad </a>remains equally undeterred by international condemnation. Saturday, June 30, the US and Russia again failed to agree on a joint plan of action in Syria.<br /> Saudi forces have been poised for action in Syria on the Jordanian and Iraqi borders since US Secretary of State Leon Panetta visited Riyadh in late June.</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"> On July 1, they redoubled their military preparedness when the European Union clamped down an oil embargo on Iran. <a href="http://www.debka.com/article">The Saudis, the US Fifth Fleet and the entire Gulf region </a>are since braced for Iranian reprisals which could come in the form of closure by Tehran of the vital Straits of Hormuz to shipping or strikes against the Gulf emirates’ oil exporting facilities.<br /> Tension shot up again when Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched a three-day missile drill against simulated enemy bases in the region – expanding its threats to include US forces and bases in the region, Israel and Turkey.</span><br />

Saudi Arabia and China

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