China Aiming to Replace US as Saudis' Military Partner

A helicopter flies over with a giant Saudi flag during an air show marking Saudi Arabia's 93rd National Day celebrations in Riyadh on Sept. 23, 2023. (Fayez Nureldine/Getty Images)

By    |   Friday, 26 July 2024 09:07 AM EDT ET

There was a $4 billion arms deal between China and Saudi Arabia announced in 2022. The kingdom is reportedly interested in purchasing Chinese J-10 fighter/bomber aircraft. There are plans for it to buy hypersonic missiles and destroyers from China.

The Biden administration's increasing alienation of Saudi Arabia is seeing tangible consequences in the influential Middle Eastern country's relations with the Chinese, in so much as that it worries national security experts that it could replace the United States.

John Rossomando

John Rossomando is an experienced national security and counterterrorism analyst and researcher who writes for Newsmax and has been featured in numerous publications and has been consulted by numerous U.S. government agencies.

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