I believe that Saudi has had nukes for two decades. CSS-2 missiles, which they have, were developed for nukes only. They are very inaccurate and of no use except as nuclear weapons delivery devices or giant erasers for looks (http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/missile/saudi.htm). Logic dictates that the Saudis can certainly afford the nukes and China would be willing to deliver them for the right price. Why purchase a large number of CSS-2 missiles without nuclear payloads? The answer is - nobody would!
The nuclear weapons allegedly came from China via Pakistan with Chinese technicians in charge of maintenance and upgrades. This missile uses a very toxic fuel and when it is being fueled, humans must be in full environmental protection suits as sealed as an astronaut space suit. Very nasty stuff. Saudis, of course, do not do this fueling.
An interesting book entitled The Gold of the Exodus by Howard Blum, is about where the real Mt. Sinai is located and alleges that the Saudi had nukes as a side note. The book was written in 1998.
I also know that the Israelis did train to take out some bases in Saudi much like they had done on the Iraq Tammuz nuclear facility in 1981 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera).
A nuclear Saudi would have been a game changer in the Middles East especially in the First Gulf War as the CSS-2s were reportedly being targeted at Baghdad. If this were true, then the First Gulf War was unnecessary. Politically public knowledge of this would be a disaster for US foreign relations so it has always been denied at the highest levels. BTW, I was against sending troops to Saudi in support of Kuwait in 1991 for some strange reason!
OK thanks for the info.
“If this were true, then the First Gulf War was unnecessary”
I don’t see how you got there. Saddam was never going into Saudi. “desert shield” was just a rouse of course. But the Saudis wouldn’t have nuked him toget them out of kuwait