{"id":48276,"date":"2019-09-06T08:40:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T13:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48276"},"modified":"2019-09-06T08:40:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T13:40:44","slug":"saudi-arabia-can-destroy-iran-in-8-hours-saudi-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=48276","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia can destroy Iran in 8 hours: Saudi prince"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.almasdarnews.com\/article\/saudi-arabia-can-destroy-iran-in-8-hours-saudi-prince\/\">Saudi Arabia can destroy Iran in 8 hours: Saudi prince<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.almasdarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Saudi-jet.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.almasdarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Saudi-jet.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 P.M.) \u2013 A Saudi prince posted on Twitter Thursday that Saudi Arabia\u2019s military could destroy Iran in eight hours if they wanted to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prince Abdullah bin Sultan bin Nasser Al-Saud tweeted a video on Thursday that showed some of the Gulf kingdom\u2019s F-15 warplanes in comparison to Iran\u2019s F-4 Phantom jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASNA_20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1102374146158329856\/7HEja1IJ_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASNA_20\"><strong><\/strong><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASNA_20\/status\/1169329143160418305\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;\u0627\u0644\u0633\u0639\u0648\u062f\u064a\u0629 \u062a\u0633\u062a\u0637\u064a\u0639 \u062a\u062f\u0645\u064a\u0631 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash\">#\u0627\u064a\u0631\u0627\u0646<\/a> \u0641\u064a\u0668 \u0633\u0627\u0639\u0627\u062a&#8221;<br>\u0637\u0628\u0639\u0627 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0645\u0642\u0637\u0639 \u0645\u0646 \u0639\u0627\u0645\u0627\u0646<br>\u0623\u064a \u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0637\u0627\u0626\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644 \u0641\u0661\u0665 \u0627\u0633 \u0627\u064a \u0648\u0642\u0628\u0644 \u0634\u0631\u0627\u0621 \u0648\u062a\u0637\u0648\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0646\u0638\u0648\u0645\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0641\u0627\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0648\u064a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0648\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0628\u062d\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0628\u0631\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062c\u0648\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u0635\u0648\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e \u0645\u062a\u0637\u0648\u0631\u0629 \u0648\u0645\u062a\u0642\u062f\u0645\u0629.<br>\u0648\u0645\u0627 \u062e\u0641\u064a \u0627\u0639\u0638\u0645..<br>\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0648\u062c\u062f \u0627\u064a \u0642\u0648\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \u062a\u0633\u062a\u0637\u064a\u0639 \u0627\u0646 \u062a\u0642\u0641 \u0641\u064a \u0648\u062c\u0647 \u0648\u062d\u062f\u062a\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u0639\u0632\u0645\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u0646\u0647\u0636\u062a\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062d\u0645\u062f\u0644\u0644\u0647.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In quotations, the prince tweeted, \u201cSaudi Arabia can destroy #Iran&nbsp;in 8 hours\u201d, he would later add,&nbsp;\u201cWhat is hidden is greater. There is no force in the world that can stand up to our unity, our resolve, our renaissance and thank God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Saudi prince cited an earlier report on Saudi Arabia\u2019s military capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIran has no fighter jets that can reach Saudi Arabia,\u201d according to an analyst interviewed on Channel 24 featured in the tweeted video.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/jetsdesertstormfile.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Via The National Interest<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Saudi Arabia has for the past years been America&#8217;s #1 arms purchaser, with&nbsp;<strong>up to&nbsp;70 percent of the kingdom&#8217;s&nbsp;arsenal now coming&nbsp;from the United States<\/strong>, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/media\/press-release\/2019\/global-arms-trade-usa-increases-dominance-arms-flows-middle-east-surge-says-sipri\">the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute<\/a>&nbsp;(SIPRI).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/us%20arms%20sales%20KSA.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/us%20arms%20sales%20KSA.png?itok=3egzZHim\"><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The analyst added Iran\u2019s air force is outdated and weak, highlighting things like Iran\u2019s old aircraft and limited number of Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia can destroy Iran in 8 hours: Saudi prince BEIRUT, LEBANON (6:20 P.M.) \u2013 A Saudi prince posted on Twitter Thursday that Saudi Arabia\u2019s military could destroy Iran in eight hours if they wanted to. 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