Obama weighs offering Saudi Arabia weapons provided only to Israel

The Obama administration is quietly pushing Sunni Arab allies in the Persian Gulf to create an advanced missile defense

system, and is preparing to ramp up sophisticated weapons sales to Saudi Arabia in an effort to ease regional fears over a potential nuclear deal with Iran.

With Secretary of State John F. Kerry set to visit Saudi Arabia Wednesday and Thursday, officials privately say the administration is weighing whether to offer Riyadh — already a major buyer of American and European weaponry — GBU-28 bunker buster bombs Washington has so far only been willing to provide to Israel

The discussions are taking place under a cloak of secrecy. The officials who spoke with The Washington Times did so on condition of anonymity only, and the Saudi Embassy declined to comment.

كان البيع الأجنبي الأول لقنابل GBU-28 من نصيب إسرائيل في أبريل 2005. وقد تسارعت وتيرة تسليم الأسلحة بناء على طلب من إسرائيل في يوليو 2006.  والتي اقترحت أن السلاح يمكن أن تستخدم ضد المنشآت النووية الإيرانية.