Reuters: Saudi Arabia considers its own nuclear options after Iran deal
One likely Saudi Arabian response to the deal its biggest enemy Iran has struck with world powers is to accelerate its own nuclear power plans, creating an atomic infrastructure it could, one day, seek to weaponize.
But while it has recently made moves to advance its nuclear program, experts say it is uncertain whether it could realistically build an atomic bomb in secret or withstand the political pressure it would face if such plans were revealed.
"I think Saudi Arabia would seriously try to get the bomb if Iran did. It's just like India and Pakistan. The Pakistanis said for years they didn't want one, but when India got it, so did they," said Jamal Khashoggi, head of a Saudi news channel owned by a prince.
Update #1: Nuclear Arms Race: Saudi Source Reveals Plan for the Bomb -- Arutz Sheva
Update #2: Middle East rivals agree: Iran nuclear deal is no solution to regional turmoil -- Washington Times
WNU Editor: Whats my take .... quoting New York Observer columnist Micah Halpern is his latest post .... We’ll Have What They’re Having: The Iran Nuclear Deal Will Spur an Arms Race ....
.... Before, during and now after signing of this nuclear deal with Iran, Saudi Arabia has repeatedly maintained that they want the same rights as Iran. The Sunnis of Saudi Arabia cannot—and will not—permit Shiite Iranians to get the upper hand in the region and move toward improved nuclear technology under the safety shield of a signed and sealed deal.
I concur .... Saudi Arabia will never position themselves to be subservient to Iran .... something that Washington has probably underestimated.