Riyadh: Saudi Arabia is building its own ballistic missiles in collaboration with China. Saudi Arabia’s missile manufacturing plant has also appeared in reports and satellite images of US intelligence agencies. Fears are being expressed that now it may be difficult for the Biden administration to stop Iran from building nuclear weapons.
CNN, citing sources in the US intelligence agency, has told that Saudi Arabia has already been buying ballistic missiles from China, but so far it has not been able to make its own missiles. CNN has claimed based on satellite images that the Saudi Kingdom is currently manufacturing weapons in at least one location.
The briefing was given to top officials at the White House
Officials of several US intelligence agencies, including the National Security Council in the White House, have been briefed about this top-secret intelligence in recent months. It states that there has been a large-scale transfer of sensitive ballistic missile technology between China and Saudi Arabia. The Biden administration is now assessing whether Saudi Arabia’s effort to build a ballistic missile could change regional power dynamics.
According to Jeffrey Lewis, a weapons expert, and professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, the world’s attention is currently focused on Iran’s large ballistic missile program. These centers are also checked. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, has not allowed the production of ballistic missiles to be tested at the same level. On the other hand, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman has said that Saudi Arabia and China are comprehensive strategic partners. The two countries have maintained friendly cooperation in all areas, including the military trade area.
China said – Saudi is our friend, military cooperation will continue
CNN asked China’s foreign ministry whether there was a recent transfer of sensitive ballistic missile technology between China and Saudi Arabia. On this, a spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the two countries are comprehensive strategic partners and have maintained friendly cooperation in all areas, including in the field of military trade. Such cooperation does not violate any international law and does not include the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
