Though Riyadh has repeatedly assured the facility’s purpose is ‘strictly peaceful,’ both Israel and the United States feel the facility’s real purpose is to counter the 2015 Iran nuclear deal then president Obama choreographed into acceptance with the P5+1 and the European Union.
By i24NEWS
Satellite imagery revealed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is nearly finished constructing its first nuclear reactor, much to the alarm of arms control experts, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
The report notes that the images, captured by Google Earth from April 2017 to now, are the first public documentation of the facility’s progression.
Saudi Arabia is nearing completion of its first nuclear reactor in the southwest corner of the King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology.
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