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"The Islamic countries, both dominated by the mainstream Sunni sect, have long had a particularly close relationship and these events heightened speculation Riyadh is trying to strike a secret deal with Islamabad to acquire nuclear weapons to counter Iran."
"Pakistan makes two nuclear weapons available to Saudi Arabia
With an eye on the nuclear arms race led by its neighbor Iran, Saudi Arabia has arranged to have available for its use two Pakistani nuclear bombs or guided missile warheads, debkafile's military and intelligence sources reveal. They are most probably held in Pakistan's nuclear air base at Kamra in the northern district of Attock. Pakistan has already sent the desert kingdom its latest version of the Ghauri-II missile after extending its range to 2,300 kilometers. Those missiles are tucked away in silos built in the underground city of Al-Sulaiyil, south of the capital Riyadh.
At least two giant Saudi transport planes sporting civilian colors and no insignia are parked permanently at Pakistan's Kamra base with air crews on standby. They will fly the nuclear weapons home upon receipt of a double coded signal from King Abdullah and the Director of General Intelligence Prince Muqrin bin Abdel Aziz. A single signal would not be enough.
Our military sources have found only sketchy information about the procedures for transferring the weapons from Pakistani storage to the air transports. It is not clear whether Riyadh must inform Pakistan's army chiefs that it is ready to take possession of its nuclear property, or whether a series of preset codes will provide access to the air base's nuclear stores. The only detail known to our Gulf sources is that the Saudi bombs are lodged in separate heavily-guarded stores apart from the rest of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.
This secret was partially blown by Riyadh itself. In recent weeks, Saudi officials close to their intelligence establishment have been going around security forums in the West and dropping word that the kingdom no longer needs to build its own nuclear arsenal because it has acquired a source of readymade arms to be available on demand. This broad hint was clearly put about under guidelines from the highest levels of the monarchy.
Partial nuclear transparency was approved by Riyadh as part of a campaign to impress on the outside world that Saudi Arabia was in control of its affairs: The succession struggle had been brought under control; the Saudi regime had set its feet on a clearly defined political and military path; and the hawks of the royal house had gained the hand and were now setting the pace."
and dropping word that the kingdom no longer needs to build its own nuclear arsenal because it has acquired a source of readymade arms to be available on demand.
La amenaza potencial de, supognamos, Israel, Irán o Arabia Saudí no es alcanzar los principales blancos del enemigo con artefactos nucleares sino la posiblidad de alcanzar al enemigo con un artefacto nuclear.
charly015 escribió:Saludos
La posibilidad de que un artefacto nuclear del enemigo detone en un área de tú territorio no es asumible por nadie, salvo las tres grandes superpotencias militares (China, EEUU y Federación Rusa) que tienen su contexto. El resto no pueden barajar esa opción.
Por ejemplo, Israel -bajo su criterio- no puede permitir que Irán disponga de un artefacto nuclear porque la posibilidad de que esa munición sea utilizada contra su territorio no es asumible. Por lo tanto, intentan -bajo su criterio, insisto- que esto no pueda estar sobre el tablero de juego.
Es probable que si hubiese certeza de que Irán tuviese artefactos nucleares operativos esto condicionase la estrategia Israelí precisamente por la posiblidad de ataque.
Ahí tenemos el caso NorCoreano donde un puñado de artefactos nucleares (6 según la estimación) condicionan la geoestrategia en la región permitiendo desplantes tremendos como el hundimiento de una corbeta SurCoreana que resultó en la muerte de 46 militares o el ataque artillero con MLRS del Norte contra una instalación del Sur. Esto sin la disuasión de esos artefactos nucleares significaría sin ninguna duda un ataque de castigo contra Corea del Norte a manos de Corea del Sur y de EEUU pero como Pyongyang tiene esos juguetes todo quedó olvidado. Y no hay punto de comparación entre arsenales o capacidades tecnológicas o etc.
Esa es la disuasión nuclear.
Para el caso, Arabia Saudí puede que esté adquiriendo la opción nuclear en Pakistán. Quizá esos 2 artefactos. Pues bien, con ellos Ryad obtiene la disuasión que pretende porque los Iraníes se lo pensarán dos veces antes de lanzar un ataque contra los Saudíes ya que esto podría significar una réplica nuclear de estos hacia Teherán o Esfahan o cualquier núcleo urbano Iraní.
UN SALUDO
Orel escribió:¿Sabéis algo sobre una "invasión" china reciente de las las islas Spratly, cuya soberanía se disputa China con Vietnam, Filipinas y otros países de la región? Creo haber oído que han desembarcado tropas chinas y que incluso están levantando una base.
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