Saudi Arabia Paving Way To Test Plutonium Based Nukes
TX Intelligence: JUN 07, 2011,
Ziyad al-Shamsi | TX Middle East
Intelligence sources in Saudi Arabia have signaled that the regime is paving way with plans to test their first batch of plutonium-based nukes installed at an undisclosed location.
Upon inquiry, the officials did not mention the exact date of the test, however one official said they could most probably be tested today keeping strategic advantage in view especially with the increased imbroglio in the Middle East.
To give readers a context about Saudi Arabia's growing inclination towards becoming a nuclear state like Pakistan, we request that our previous news be analysed:
Saudi Arabia buys advanced nuclear-capable missiles in China
[DEBKA Report] Mentioned Below
Link : http://www.terminalx.org/2011/04/saudi-arabia-buys-advanced-nuclear.html#axzz1OK8EwLsx
Concerns over the nuclear deterrence of Saudi Arabia
[Terminal X Report] Mentioned Below
Link : http://www.terminalx.org/2011/05/report-concerns-over-nuclear-deterrence.html
It has been maintained that the test operation for the nukes has been kept ultra-classified. The origins of these plutonium nukes are unknown.
source : http://www.terminalx.org/2011/06/tx-intelligence-saudi-arabia-paving-way.html#axzz1OTGv5qfD
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Saudis Buy Advanced Nuclear-Capable Missiles in China
US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon is the second high-ranking American official to visit Riyadh in less than a week. He landed Tuesday, April 12, just six days after US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Saudi King Abdullah ended a stormy interview which failed to bridge the widening gap between Washington and Riyadh.
For the second interview, the monarch was attended by three top royal advisers, all hawks and live wires in security and external affairs: Director of General Intelligence Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, Secretary-General of the National Security Council Prince Bandar bin Sultan, and Saudi Ambassador to the US Adel Jubeir.
The ambassador, who is important enough to the king to spend more time in the royal palace in Riyadh than at his post in Washington, was the only one of the three to be present at the meeting with Gates.
Our Gulf intelligence sources report that by calling in his most influential advisers, Abdullah was telling Washington:
1. That he attaches supreme importance to Saudi relations with the United States;
2. That he will not be moved from the independent foreign and security policies he has set in train whether or not they meet with American approval. In pursuing them, Princes Muqrin and Bandar and Ambassador Jubeir enjoy his full backing.
According to our sources, the three advisers have been given their assignments: Muqrin is focusing on Iran, Yemen, Libya and Al Qaeda. Bandar deals with Saudi Arabias foreign military relations excepting the US and is managing the comparison shopping for advanced weapons among multiple suppliers. Ambassador Jubeirs job is to advise the king and represent Saudi positions on matters of common interest to the US administration.
Saudis buy advanced Chinese nuclear-capable missiles. Bandar recently paid a secret visit to China and clinched terms for CSS-3 DF-3 ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads to replace the hardware Saudi Arabia bought from China in the 1980s.
US intelligence discovered the first transaction in 1988 when those Chinese missiles were installed outside Riyadh and positioned to face Tehran. Our intelligence and military sources reveal the transaction Bandar negotiated provides for the sale of two types of Chinese missiles: the DF-21 (NATO-designated CSS-5), which is a two-stage, solid-propellant, single-warhead medium-range ballistic (MRBM) system developed by China Changfeng Mechanics and Electronis Technology Academy.
The DF-21 is capable of delivering a 500kT nuclear warhead over a distance of 1,800 km. Its purchase underlines the Saudi royal familys determination to have its own nuclear arms and missiles ready for launch in the face of an approaching nuclear-armed Iran.
The second missile, the DongFeng 15 (Export name M-9; NATO-designation CSS-6) is a solid-fuel, short-range ballistic (SRBM) system developed by CASC China Academy of Rocket Motor Technology ARMT, the 4th Space Academy.
Our information is that the Saudis purchased the improved variants of DongFeng 15 B and DongFeng 15C, recently sighted in service with Chinas Popular Liberation Army (PLA). During the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis, those variants, which were launched as a warning to Taiwan, won a reputation for accuracy and effectiveness.
Source : http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/106010-saudis-buy-advanced-nuclear-capable-missiles-china.html
http://www.thewallstreetshuffle.com/saudis-buy-advanced-nuclear-capable-missiles-in-china/
TX Intelligence: JUN 07, 2011,
Ziyad al-Shamsi | TX Middle East
Intelligence sources in Saudi Arabia have signaled that the regime is paving way with plans to test their first batch of plutonium-based nukes installed at an undisclosed location.
Upon inquiry, the officials did not mention the exact date of the test, however one official said they could most probably be tested today keeping strategic advantage in view especially with the increased imbroglio in the Middle East.
To give readers a context about Saudi Arabia's growing inclination towards becoming a nuclear state like Pakistan, we request that our previous news be analysed:
Saudi Arabia buys advanced nuclear-capable missiles in China
[DEBKA Report] Mentioned Below
Link : http://www.terminalx.org/2011/04/saudi-arabia-buys-advanced-nuclear.html#axzz1OK8EwLsx
Concerns over the nuclear deterrence of Saudi Arabia
[Terminal X Report] Mentioned Below
Link : http://www.terminalx.org/2011/05/report-concerns-over-nuclear-deterrence.html
It has been maintained that the test operation for the nukes has been kept ultra-classified. The origins of these plutonium nukes are unknown.
source : http://www.terminalx.org/2011/06/tx-intelligence-saudi-arabia-paving-way.html#axzz1OTGv5qfD
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Saudis Buy Advanced Nuclear-Capable Missiles in China
US National Security Adviser Tom Donilon is the second high-ranking American official to visit Riyadh in less than a week. He landed Tuesday, April 12, just six days after US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Saudi King Abdullah ended a stormy interview which failed to bridge the widening gap between Washington and Riyadh.
For the second interview, the monarch was attended by three top royal advisers, all hawks and live wires in security and external affairs: Director of General Intelligence Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, Secretary-General of the National Security Council Prince Bandar bin Sultan, and Saudi Ambassador to the US Adel Jubeir.
The ambassador, who is important enough to the king to spend more time in the royal palace in Riyadh than at his post in Washington, was the only one of the three to be present at the meeting with Gates.
Our Gulf intelligence sources report that by calling in his most influential advisers, Abdullah was telling Washington:
1. That he attaches supreme importance to Saudi relations with the United States;
2. That he will not be moved from the independent foreign and security policies he has set in train whether or not they meet with American approval. In pursuing them, Princes Muqrin and Bandar and Ambassador Jubeir enjoy his full backing.
According to our sources, the three advisers have been given their assignments: Muqrin is focusing on Iran, Yemen, Libya and Al Qaeda. Bandar deals with Saudi Arabias foreign military relations excepting the US and is managing the comparison shopping for advanced weapons among multiple suppliers. Ambassador Jubeirs job is to advise the king and represent Saudi positions on matters of common interest to the US administration.
Saudis buy advanced Chinese nuclear-capable missiles. Bandar recently paid a secret visit to China and clinched terms for CSS-3 DF-3 ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads to replace the hardware Saudi Arabia bought from China in the 1980s.
US intelligence discovered the first transaction in 1988 when those Chinese missiles were installed outside Riyadh and positioned to face Tehran. Our intelligence and military sources reveal the transaction Bandar negotiated provides for the sale of two types of Chinese missiles: the DF-21 (NATO-designated CSS-5), which is a two-stage, solid-propellant, single-warhead medium-range ballistic (MRBM) system developed by China Changfeng Mechanics and Electronis Technology Academy.
The DF-21 is capable of delivering a 500kT nuclear warhead over a distance of 1,800 km. Its purchase underlines the Saudi royal familys determination to have its own nuclear arms and missiles ready for launch in the face of an approaching nuclear-armed Iran.
The second missile, the DongFeng 15 (Export name M-9; NATO-designation CSS-6) is a solid-fuel, short-range ballistic (SRBM) system developed by CASC China Academy of Rocket Motor Technology ARMT, the 4th Space Academy.
Our information is that the Saudis purchased the improved variants of DongFeng 15 B and DongFeng 15C, recently sighted in service with Chinas Popular Liberation Army (PLA). During the 1996 Taiwan Strait crisis, those variants, which were launched as a warning to Taiwan, won a reputation for accuracy and effectiveness.
Source : http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/106010-saudis-buy-advanced-nuclear-capable-missiles-china.html
http://www.thewallstreetshuffle.com/saudis-buy-advanced-nuclear-capable-missiles-in-china/
