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The Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force ((アラビア語:قوة الصواريخ الإستراتيجيه الملكية السعودية); RSSMF) is the fifth branch of the Saudi military, responsible for commissioning long-range strategic missiles. The RSSMF formerly had its headquarters in an underground command facility in Riyadh– the capital of Saudi Arabia. The facility coordinated Saudi Arabia's advanced "Peace Shield" radar and air defense systems. In July 2013, the new RSSMF headquarters and academy buildings were officially opened by Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz and current RSSMF commander Major General Jarallah Alaluwayt.〔@ SaudiArmyNews ("Arabic:المملكة العربية السعودية هي الدولة العربية الوحيدة التي من ضمن فروع قواتها المسلحة فرع رئيسي يسمى - Saudi Arabia is the only Arab country with a "Strategic Missile Force" branch ), ''Twitter @ SaudiArmyNews'', July 2013.〕 == Saudi Arabia and weapons of mass destruction == (詳細はSaudi Arabia and other Arab States of the Arabic Gulf announced in 2009 an initiative to obtain nuclear weapons as a countermeasure to the Iranian nuclear program. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud, a former Saudi intelligence chief and ambassador to Washington, both mentioned the Gulf states could acquire their own nuclear weapons as a countermeasure to Iran's.〔US embassy cables: Saudi official warns Gulf states may go nuclear (), ''The Guardian'', 28 November 2010.〕 〔Saudi Arabia urges US attack on Iran to stop the nuclear program. () ''The Guardian'', 28 November 2010.〕 〔Riyadh will build nuclear weapons if Iran gets them, Saudi prince warns () ''The Guardian'', 29 June 2011.〕 〔Dennis Ross: Saudi king vowed to obtain nuclear bomb after Iran () ''Haaretz'', 30 May 2012.〕 〔King Says Saudi Arabia Would Need Nukes to Counter Iran Arsenal () ''The Nuclear Threat Initiative'', 30 May 2012.〕 Some experts speculate (by taking into account Saudi Arabia’s financial contribution to Pakistan's nuclear weapons program) that Saudi Arabia may receive or has already received nuclear weapons from Pakistan. One report by the BBC claims "it is a cash-and-carry deal for warheads, the first of those options sketched out by the Saudis back in 2003; others that it is the second, an arrangement under which Pakistani nuclear forces could be deployed in the Kingdom."〔Mark Urban: Saudi nuclear weapons 'on order' from Pakistan () ''BBC News'', 6 November 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal Saudi Strategic Missile Force」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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