The supposition has always been that the Saudi Chinese built IRBMs up on the plateau have Pakistani nuke warheads on them (Saudi reputedly funded their entire programme on a quid pro quo basis). The satellite photos show all the launch site markings indicate they are aimed east rather than west.
Now it looks like they are being a little more open about it...
We will get Bomb too if Iran has one, Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman warns
Saudi Arabia’s powerful and outspoken crown prince has threatened a new arms race in the Middle East, saying that if Iran developed a nuclear weapon he would seek one too.
Prince Mohammed bin Salman has already joined forces with President Trump, who has strongly backed his assertive rule in the kingdom, to argue for a stronger posture against Iran, Saudi Arabia’s long-time regional and sectarian rival. Now in an interview to be broadcast this weekend with CBS, the US television network, the prince replied aggressively to a question about the Iran nuclear programme. “Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible.”....
The interview was recorded before the prince’s visit to Britain last week, and therefore before Mr Tillerson was sacked. However, it serves as additional pressure on Iran to make compromises when faced with Mr Pompeo’s tough rhetoric. In it, the prince compares Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Iranian supreme leader, to Hitler, on the basis that the West stood by and allowed both to extend their power and influence unchecked. “He wants to create his own project in the Middle East, very much like Hitler who wanted to expand at the time,” he says.
“Many countries around the world and in Europe did not realise how dangerous Hitler was until what happened, happened. I don't want to see the same events happening in the Middle East.” He himself has previously threatened that in future the struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran “would be waged inside Iran”.....
Riyadh is currently negotiating American support for a civil nuclear power programme as a way of diversifying the kingdom away from reliance on oil for energy. Rick Perry, the US energy secretary, led a delegation to meet the prince in London last week to discuss Saudi Arabia's desire for nuclear power plants, which could be worth $80 billion to US companies providing the technology.
But previous such offers, including with Saudi Arabia’s close Gulf ally the United Arab Emirates, have included tight commitments that in return for being given nuclear technology the recipients will not seek to develop their own uranium enrichment or plutonium reprocessing programmes, of the sort needed for nuclear weapons.
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, strongly argued against Saudi Arabia being allowed to develop these technologies, during a separate visit to Washington this month, according to reports.