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Saudi missile program expanded with help from China, US intel said to show
2019-06-07
[IsraelTimes] Trump administration reportedly withheld information from Congress, raising concern it is tacitly approving move; fears raised Riyadh could be seeking nuclear weapons.

US intelligence has shown that Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
has stepped up its ballistic missile program with support from China, CNN reported Wednesday night, signalling a possible shift in US policy not to allow missile proliferation in the Middle East.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Good to know, Mike.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-06-07 11:50  

#1  ....The Saudis have had Chinese IRBMs in service for more than three decades, and with the tacit approval of the U.S.. This isn't a surprise to anyone who's been paying attention, but we sure as heck don't like discussing it. During my tour in Saudi Arabia in 1995, I mentioned it during a conversation with my leadership, and was taken aside and told not to ever THINK
about it again.


Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski    2019-06-07 11:00  

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