Saudi Arabia is moving swiftly to become the next country in the Middle East with nuclear power. The Kingdom is on the verge of striking a deal with the US for the purchase of nuclear reactors despite concerns over its refusal to accept stringent restrictions against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman, who is the de facto ruler of the country, has ambitious plans to diversify the country’s energy source and is in the market to purchase nuclear power reactors. The potential for lucrative deals is too good to be missed and the Trump administration is thought to be mulling over loosening US law to win Saudi contracts, worth billions. The Kingdom has refused to be bound by stringent US regulations that restrict reprocessing and enriching uranium for the production of nuclear weapons.
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https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180221-us-may-open-path-for-saudi-arabia-to-acquire-nuclear-weapons/
This is one of the worst ideas I have ever heard. It is one that almost guarantees there will be a nuclear war in the region.
DEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP - DON'T DO IT !!! IT'S NOT WORTH THE MONEY.
By the way, the Saudis don't need to buy reactors to obtain nuclear weapons. They can extract uranium from the plentiful phosphate deposits in the region and enrich it themselves. I wrote about this fact back in 2014:
https://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2014/06/a-primer-of-syria-and-emerging-nuclear.html
Having reactors would allow them to produce plutonium, and also the tritium necessary to make one type of H-bomb.
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