Spreading: Saudi Arabia threatens to obtain nukes to counter Iran-Israel arsenal

December 10, 2011 – RIYADH - Saudi Arabia may obtain nuclear weapons. This comes in a high-profile statement earlier this week by the former chief of the Saudi Intelligence Service, Prince Turki Al-Faisal. This is by no means the first time that a member of the ruling dynasty has hinted on the kingdom’s plans to obtain nuclear technologies. Prince Turki Al-Faisal warned that the following two factors could prompt Saudi Arabia to set up its own deterrent forces, – Israel’s likely nuclear arsenal and the probability that Iran will develop a nuclear weapon. The Saudi Prince said the probability of Tehran’s joining the nuclear club was the main threat. Tehran is Riyadh’s main rival in the efforts to influence the Islamic world. Prince Turki, – King Abdullah’s nephew, is a person who actually determines Saud Arabia’s foreign policy today. He has always been tough on the Shiite Iran, but has tried to avoid making blunt statements to the effect that his country is prepared to join the nuclear race; possibly because it is only six months ago that Riyadh officially made public its plans to set up a nuclear research centre of its own. Saudi Arabia wants to build 16 reactors for nuclear power plants that should start active operation in the next 20 years. That Saudi Arabia will not use its nuclear power for peaceful purposes only is indirectly evidenced by the fact that Riyadh bought 36 Chinese-made Dunfen-3 ballistic missiles and 9 launchers for them, several decades ago. These medium-range ballistic missiles can hit targets at a distance of up to 2,500 kilometers and are nuclear capable. Meanwhile, the statement that Saudi Arabia may set up its own nuclear deterrent force can trigger a chain reaction in the region, the Director of the Centre for Public and Political Research, Vladimir Yevseev, says, and elaborates. Iran’s crossing nuclear threshold will have a knock-on effect, Piotr Topychkanov says. Sanctions will never stop Iran’s program. Altogether different moves should be made, including the building of confidence and normalizing relations between Washington and Tehran. Unless this is the case, Iran will take all sanctions as politically motivated and unrelated to its nuclear program. -VOR

Soon they'll begin manufacturing little nukes for personal use for everybody.

Here a nuke
There a nuke
Everywhere a nuke, nuke...



Short sighted idiots abound with no real though of the consequences of such destructive practices. What is the half-life of nuclear radiation? Does any sane individual really want to wantonly destroy all life on the planet.