US-Saudi nuclear deal sparks proliferation concerns
Synopsis A deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia to equip the kingdom with a civilian nuclear programme has provoked a flood of questions
Synopsis A deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia to equip the kingdom with a civilian nuclear programme has provoked a flood of questions about the risks of nuclear proliferation.
"If Riyadh had wanted to just have US backing for a civilian program, it would have done so years ago... the goal is to get
US support for a deal that doesn't fully exclude a pathway" to a weapons program, analyst Michael Horowitz wrote, in a post on X. US
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stressed there are safeguards against proliferation.
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