Saudi Arabia buys all new ICBMs... cool heh? >gulp

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CSS-2

Well we know that Saudi Arabia has missiles, rather, has had missiles for quite a while. Apparently the Saudi missile program goes back to 1988.


In his 2003 Naval Post graduate thesis titled "Is Saudi Arabia a Nuclear Threat?" Steven R. McDowell writes:


Now that the CSS-2 missiles are nearing the end of their lifecycle, the Saudi regime may choose to replace them. During a March 11, 1997 interview with Defense News, Saudi military chief of staff, Lt Gen. Saleh Mohaya stated , “The oil kingdom is now considering replacing or refurbishing the desert missile force.”

The rest:

http://rdanafox.blogspot.com/2006/12/now-middle-east-gets-interesting.html

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1. Who did the Saudis get those ICBMs from? They look Russia made

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3. No not russian...read the damn blog

Fairly well sourced too.

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2. I'm so old...

I remember the big BrooHaHa over selling SA our AWACs back in the '70s...

If you build it, they will buy it...

And I guess we're not giving them very good reasons to NOT upgrade their military, all things considered.

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4. Or when we sold f-15's to SA, without bomb racks