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| adam_text | NATIONAL SECURITY IN SAUDI ARABIA
Threats, Responses, and Challenges
Anthony H Cordesman and Nawaf Obaid
PUBLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH
THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
WASHINGTON, DC
PRAEGER SECURITY INTERNATIONAL
WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT - LONDON
Contents
TABLES AND FIGURES XV
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
INTRODUCTION xxi
Changing Nature of Alliances xxi
The Broader Nature of the Saudi Security Effort xxii
Saudi Security and the Role of the West xxiii
i THE NEW BALANCE OF THREATS IN THE GULF REGION I
Instability in Iraq 2
The Decline of Iraq s Military Forces 3
Iraq s Military Capabilities in the Post-Saddam Era 4
The Emergence of a New Iraqi Threat? 8
Threat from Yemen 8
Yemen s Conventional Forces 9
Border Issues and Defenses 12
Saudi Vulnerability in the Red Sea Area 12
The Threat from Iran 13
Iranian Conventional Forces 15
Iranian Military Expenditures 15
Iranian Arms Imports 15
Other Problems in Military Modernization 16
The Iranian Army 17
Iranian Tank Strength 18
Other Iranian Armor 19
Iranian Antitank Weapons 21
Iranian Artillery Strength 22
Iranian Surface-to-Surface Missiles 25
Iranian Army Air Defense Systems 32
viii -Y- CONTENTS
Iranian Army Aviation 32
Iranian Army Command, Control, Communications,
Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) 33
Other Aspects of Iranian Army Capability 33
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (Pasdaran) 34
The Quds (Qods) Forces 36
The Basij and Other Paramilitary Forces 38
The Iranian Navy 38
Iranian Antiship Missiles and Missile Craft 39
Iranian Mine Warfare Capabilities 41
Iranian Amphibious Assets 43
Iranian Naval Air 43
Iran s Submarine Forces 44
The Role of the Naval Branch of the IRGC 46
Naval Force Deployments 47
Overall Naval Capabilities 47
The Iranian Air Force 48
Iranian Air Strength 48
Iranian Land-based Air Defense 50
Iranian Air Force Readiness and Effectiveness 51
Iranian Capabilities to Carry Out Attacks in the Gulf 52
The Strait of Hormuz and Gulf Shipping Channels 52
The Gulf Coast and Key Facilities 53
Saudi Export Facilities 54
Increasing Global Dependence on Gulf Exports 56
Iranian Proliferation and Weapons of Mass Destruction 56
The Status of the Iranian Chemical Weapons Program 58
The Status of the Iranian Biological Weapons Program 64
The Status of the Iranian Nuclear Program 66
The Uncertain Character of Nuclear Facilities 67
Nuclear Developments in 2003 and 2004 88
Iran s Nuclear Weapons Development Options 89
Possible Dates for Iran s Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons 92
Iran s Nuclear War-Fighting Doctrine and Capabilities 104
2 ASYMMETRIC THREATS AND ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS 109
Origins and Nature of the Threat 110
Organizing al Qaeda 110
The al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula 112
Initial Organization and Structure 112
The Cell Structure Is Attacked and Weakened 113
Organization and Patterns of Attacks 114
Contents -v- ix
The Saudi Response 122
Internal Security Action 122
The Political Dimension 124
The Amnesty Program 125
Using the Media 126
Antiterrorism Measures in the Financial Sector 127
Monitoring Charitable Organizations 128
International Cooperation 130
What the Saudi Government Did Not Do:
The Findings of the 9/11 Commission 131
Al Qaeda s Situation in 2005 132
Dealing with the Underlying Causes of Support for al Qaeda 134
3 EXTERNAL STRATEGIC PRESSURES m
Failures in Interoperability, Cooperation, and the
Development of the Gulf Cooperation Council 137
The Impact of the Gulf Cooperation Council 137
Progress Without Progress 137
GCC Cooperation versus an Unnecessary Degree
of Dependence on Outside Allies 138
The Coming Military Recapitalization Crisis 139
The Problem of Saudi and U S Strategic Relations 140
Growing U S and Saudi Divisions 141
The Need for New Forms of Saudi and U S
Cooperation in Fighting Counterterrorism 142
The Failure to Come to Grips with the Arab-Israeli Conflict 143
The Need for Saudi and Regional Reform 145
The Economic and Demographic Pressures that Drive
the Region toward Terrorism and Extremism 145
The Pressures Created by a Lack of Political Reform and
Stabilizing Political Ideology 149
Tensions over Reform 150
4 THE SAUDI SECURITY APPARATUS 153
The Leadership of the Saudi Security Apparatus 154
The Importance of Consensus and Consultation 155
The Command Structure and Leadership of Saudi Military Forces 157
The Problem of Creating Synergy between the Regular Services
and National Guard 158
x -v- CONTENTS
The Search for Jointness 159
Slow Improvement in Jointness in the Regular Services 160
Establishing Broader Jointness for Counterterrorism 161
Management, Budgeting, Leadership, and Civilian Control and Manage-
ment of the Regular Armed Services 163
The Need for Fiscal Restraint 163
The Need to Create Truly Effective Planning, Programming,
and Budgeting Systems 163
Creating Balanced Forces 164
Saudi Military Expenditures 166
Finding the Proper Level of Expenditure 171
Saudi Arms Imports 172
The Impact of the Gulf War 177
Arms Imports since the Late 1990s 178
5 SAUDI MILITARY FORCES 183
The Saudi Army 184
Force Strength and Structure 188
Saudi Armored Forces 194
Saudi Antitank Weapons 203
Saudi Artillery 204
Saudi Light and Medium Air Defense Weapons 206
Saudi Army Aviation 209
Facilities and Infrastructure 210
Overall Capabilities 213
The Saudi National Guard 213
Strength and Organization 215
Major Combat Equipment 216
Modernization and New Mission Requirements 216
Overall Capabilities 216
The Saudi Navy 217
Strength and Organization 219
Main Surface Combatants 219
Smaller Combat Ships, Mine Warfare, and Support Forces 226
Submarines? 227
Marine and Amphibious Forces 227
Naval Aviation 227
Border Guard 228
Roles, Missions, and Capability 229
Contents
The Saudi Air Force
Strength and Structure
Combat Aircraft
Reconnaissance and Early Warning
Training Aircraft
Refueling, Transport, and Support
Munitions and Spares
Support, Training, Logistics, and Sustainment
Overall Capabilities
Saudi Land-Based Air Defenses
The Air Defense Force
The Patriot and the IHawk
Other Land-based Air Defenses
Overall Capabilities
Saudi Missile Forces and the Possibility of Saudi Weapons of Mass
Destruction
Modernizing the CSS-2
What Comes Next? Missiles, Missile Defenses, Civil Defense,
Counterproliferation, Counterterrorism, and Deterrence
NBC Defense Capabilities
••• xi
6 THE SAUDI PARAMILITARY AND
INTERNAL SECURITY APPARATUS 257
Saudi Internal Security before 9/11 257
Failures to See the Problems before 9/11 258
Saudi Response to 9/11 262
Saudi Arabia s Own 9/11: The Impact of May 2003 264
The Saudi Chronology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism 265
Changes in Post-May 2003 Reactions 283
The Problem of Corruption 284
The Shiite Problem and Iran 285
The Evolving Saudi Security Apparatus 286
The Pivotal Role of the Ministry of Interior 286
The Role of Prince Nayef 287
Using the Wrong Words at the Wrong Time 288
Actions Are More Important than Words 288
The Police and Security Services 289
General Security Service 291
The General Intelligence Presidency 293
An Emerging Saudi Intelligence Community 293
xii •$• CONTENTS
The Changing Role of the GIP 294
The Future Role and Capabilities of the GIP 295
Border and Coastal Security 296
The Role of the Border Guard 297
The Option of a Border Surveillance and Defense System 298
MIKSA: Saudi Border Guard Development Program 298
The Expanding Mission of the Border Guard 299
Security and the Role of the Judicial System 300
The Judicial System and Internal Security 301
* The Mutawwa in, or Religious Police 302
7 SAUDI ENERGY SECURITY 305
The Role of the Gulf and Middle East in Global Energy Exports 305
Changing Patterns in Import Dependence That Affect the
Global Economy 307
Dependence on MEN A Export Security and High Rates
of Energy Investment in the Region 308
The World Buys Oil in a Global Market, Not from
Given Supplier Countries 309
Saudi Arabia s Importance to Energy Security 309
Critical Saudi Energy Facilities 311
The Saudi Pipeline and Export System 314
Refineries and Product Facilities 315
Natural Gas 316
Petrochemicals 319
Strategic Reserves 320
Petroleum Infrastructure Security 320
Recent Patterns of Vulnerability 321
Improving Security Capabilities 322
Overall Vulnerability 323
8 MILITARY REFORM 325
Saudi Military Development 325
Cooperation with Other Southern Gulf States 326
Force Transformation and Mission-Oriented
Procurement Priorities 328
Planning, Budgeting, and Procuring Balanced Forces 328
Realistic Limits on Military Spending and Arms Purchases 329
Recasting the Terms of Saudi Arms Buys 329
Waste versus Accountability 330
Contents •$• xiii
Shifting to Better Procurement Management and
Longer-Term Planning 331
Possible Saudi Needs and Major Purchases by Service 332
Purchase of the Rafale? 335
Upgrading the RSAF s Tornados? 338
Ending the Turnkey Approach: The Possible Role of
Test and Evaluation 339
Reshaping Defense Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and
Transparency 339
Arms Sales and Security Assistance 340
9 INTERNAL SECURITY REFORM 343
Saudi Reforms to the Internal Security Apparatus before May 2003 344
International Cooperation 344
Arrests and Questioning of Suspects 345
Legal and Regulatory Actions andFreezing Terrorist Assets and
Combating Money Laundering 345
Actions Taken in Regard to Charitable Organizations 348
Saudi Internal Security Reforms since May 2003 349
Prospects for Further Internal Security Reforms 355
10 THE BROADER PRIORITIES FOR SECURITY REFORM 359
Political Reform 360
Shura Council 361
Regional Assemblies 362
Municipal Elections 362
Regional Reform 365
Economic Reform 365
Investment Environment and Capital Markets 366
Transparency 369
Privatization 370
The Government Budget and Public Debt 3 71
Addressing the Unemployment Problem 373
Accession to the WTO and Free Trade 377
Economic Diversification 379
Social Reform 381
Human Rights 381
National Dialogue 383
Women s Rights and Values 384
Educational Reform 385
xiv ••• CONTENTS
Religious Reform and Tolerance 388
Religious Tolerance and Diversity 389
The Role of the Ulema 391
Islamic Policies 394
Administrative and Governance Reform 396
Ministerial Reforms 396
Other Governmental Reforms 398
Judicial and Legal Reform 399
Overall Progress in Reform 401
NOTES 403
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NATIONAL SECURITY IN SAUDI ARABIA
Threats, Responses, and Challenges
Anthony H Cordesman and Nawaf Obaid
PUBLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH
THE CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
WASHINGTON, DC
PRAEGER SECURITY INTERNATIONAL
WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT - LONDON
Contents
TABLES AND FIGURES XV
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
INTRODUCTION xxi
Changing Nature of Alliances xxi
The Broader Nature of the Saudi Security Effort xxii
Saudi Security and the Role of the West xxiii
i THE NEW BALANCE OF THREATS IN THE GULF REGION I
Instability in Iraq 2
The Decline of Iraq's Military Forces 3
Iraq's Military Capabilities in the Post-Saddam Era 4
The Emergence of a New Iraqi Threat? 8
Threat from Yemen 8
Yemen's Conventional Forces 9
Border Issues and Defenses 12
Saudi Vulnerability in the Red Sea Area 12
The Threat from Iran 13
Iranian Conventional Forces 15
Iranian Military Expenditures 15
Iranian Arms Imports 15
Other Problems in Military Modernization 16
The Iranian Army 17
Iranian Tank Strength 18
Other Iranian Armor 19
Iranian Antitank Weapons 21
Iranian Artillery Strength 22
Iranian Surface-to-Surface Missiles 25
Iranian Army Air Defense Systems 32
viii -Y- CONTENTS
Iranian Army Aviation 32
Iranian Army Command, Control, Communications,
Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) 33
Other Aspects of Iranian Army Capability 33
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (Pasdaran) 34
The Quds (Qods) Forces 36
The Basij and Other Paramilitary Forces 38
The Iranian Navy 38
Iranian Antiship Missiles and Missile Craft 39
Iranian Mine Warfare Capabilities 41
Iranian Amphibious Assets 43
Iranian Naval Air 43
Iran's Submarine Forces 44
The Role of the Naval Branch of the IRGC 46
Naval Force Deployments 47
Overall Naval Capabilities 47
The Iranian Air Force 48
Iranian Air Strength 48
Iranian Land-based Air Defense 50
Iranian Air Force Readiness and Effectiveness 51
Iranian Capabilities to Carry Out Attacks in the Gulf 52
The Strait of Hormuz and Gulf Shipping Channels 52
The Gulf Coast and Key Facilities 53
Saudi Export Facilities 54
Increasing Global Dependence on Gulf Exports 56
Iranian Proliferation and Weapons of Mass Destruction 56
The Status of the Iranian Chemical Weapons Program 58
The Status of the Iranian Biological Weapons Program 64
The Status of the Iranian Nuclear Program 66
The Uncertain Character of Nuclear Facilities 67
Nuclear Developments in 2003 and 2004 88
Iran's Nuclear Weapons Development Options 89
Possible Dates for Iran's Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons 92
Iran's Nuclear War-Fighting Doctrine and Capabilities 104
2 ASYMMETRIC THREATS AND ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS 109
Origins and Nature of the Threat ' 110
Organizing al Qaeda 110
The al Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula 112
Initial Organization and Structure 112
The Cell Structure Is Attacked and Weakened 113
Organization and Patterns of Attacks 114
Contents -v- ix
The Saudi Response 122
Internal Security Action 122
The Political Dimension 124
The Amnesty Program 125
Using the Media 126
Antiterrorism Measures in the Financial Sector 127
Monitoring Charitable Organizations 128
International Cooperation 130
What the Saudi Government Did Not Do:
The Findings of the 9/11 Commission 131
Al Qaeda's Situation in 2005 132
Dealing with the Underlying Causes of Support for al Qaeda 134
3 EXTERNAL STRATEGIC PRESSURES m
Failures in Interoperability, Cooperation, and the
Development of the Gulf Cooperation Council 137
The Impact of the Gulf Cooperation Council 137
Progress Without Progress 137
GCC Cooperation versus an Unnecessary Degree
of Dependence on Outside Allies 138
The Coming Military Recapitalization Crisis 139
The Problem of Saudi and U S Strategic Relations 140
Growing U S and Saudi Divisions 141
The Need for New Forms of Saudi and U S
Cooperation in Fighting Counterterrorism 142
The Failure to Come to Grips with the Arab-Israeli Conflict 143
The Need for Saudi and Regional Reform 145
The Economic and Demographic Pressures that Drive
the Region toward Terrorism and Extremism 145
The Pressures Created by a Lack of Political Reform and
Stabilizing Political Ideology 149
Tensions over Reform 150
4 THE SAUDI SECURITY APPARATUS 153
The Leadership of the Saudi Security Apparatus 154
The Importance of Consensus and Consultation 155
The Command Structure and Leadership of Saudi Military Forces 157
The Problem of Creating Synergy between the Regular Services
and National Guard 158
x -v- CONTENTS
The Search for Jointness 159
Slow Improvement in Jointness in the Regular Services 160
Establishing Broader Jointness for Counterterrorism 161
Management, Budgeting, Leadership, and Civilian Control and Manage-
ment of the Regular Armed Services 163
The Need for Fiscal Restraint 163
The Need to Create Truly Effective Planning, Programming,
and Budgeting Systems 163
Creating Balanced Forces 164
Saudi Military Expenditures 166
Finding the Proper Level of Expenditure 171
Saudi Arms Imports 172
The Impact of the Gulf War 177
Arms Imports since the Late 1990s 178
5 SAUDI MILITARY FORCES 183
The Saudi Army 184
Force Strength and Structure 188
Saudi Armored Forces 194
Saudi Antitank Weapons 203
Saudi Artillery 204
Saudi Light and Medium Air Defense Weapons 206
Saudi Army Aviation 209
Facilities and Infrastructure 210
Overall Capabilities 213
The Saudi National Guard 213
Strength and Organization 215
Major Combat Equipment 216
Modernization and New Mission Requirements 216
Overall Capabilities 216
The Saudi Navy 217
Strength and Organization 219
Main Surface Combatants 219
Smaller Combat Ships, Mine Warfare, and Support Forces 226
Submarines? 227
Marine and Amphibious Forces 227
Naval Aviation 227
Border Guard 228
Roles, Missions, and Capability 229
Contents
The Saudi Air Force
Strength and Structure
Combat Aircraft
Reconnaissance and Early Warning
Training Aircraft
Refueling, Transport, and Support
Munitions and Spares
Support, Training, Logistics, and Sustainment
Overall Capabilities
Saudi Land-Based Air Defenses
The Air Defense Force
The Patriot and the IHawk
Other Land-based Air Defenses
Overall Capabilities
Saudi Missile Forces and the Possibility of Saudi Weapons of Mass
Destruction
Modernizing the CSS-2
What Comes Next? Missiles, Missile Defenses, Civil Defense,
Counterproliferation, Counterterrorism, and Deterrence
NBC Defense Capabilities
••• xi
6 THE SAUDI PARAMILITARY AND
INTERNAL SECURITY APPARATUS 257
Saudi Internal Security before 9/11 257
Failures to See the Problems before 9/11 258
Saudi Response to 9/11 262
Saudi Arabia's Own 9/11: The Impact of May 2003 264
The Saudi Chronology of Terrorism and Counterterrorism 265
Changes in Post-May 2003 Reactions 283
The Problem of Corruption 284
The Shiite Problem and Iran 285
The Evolving Saudi Security Apparatus 286
The Pivotal Role of the Ministry of Interior 286
The Role of Prince Nayef 287
Using the Wrong Words at the Wrong Time 288
Actions Are More Important than Words 288
The Police and Security Services 289
General Security Service 291
The General Intelligence Presidency 293
An Emerging Saudi Intelligence Community 293
xii •$• CONTENTS
The Changing Role of the GIP 294
The Future Role and Capabilities of the GIP 295
Border and Coastal Security 296
The Role of the Border Guard 297
The Option of a Border Surveillance and Defense System 298
MIKSA: Saudi Border Guard Development Program 298
The Expanding Mission of the Border Guard 299
Security and the Role of the Judicial System 300
The Judicial System and Internal Security 301
* The Mutawwa'in, or Religious Police 302
7 SAUDI ENERGY SECURITY 305
The Role of the Gulf and Middle East in Global Energy Exports 305
Changing Patterns in Import Dependence That Affect the
Global Economy 307
Dependence on MEN A Export Security and High Rates
of Energy Investment in the Region 308
The World Buys Oil in a Global Market, Not from
Given Supplier Countries 309
Saudi Arabia's Importance to Energy Security 309
Critical Saudi Energy Facilities 311
The Saudi Pipeline and Export System 314
Refineries and Product Facilities 315
Natural Gas 316
Petrochemicals 319
Strategic Reserves 320
Petroleum Infrastructure Security 320
Recent Patterns of Vulnerability 321
Improving Security Capabilities 322
Overall Vulnerability 323
8 MILITARY REFORM 325
Saudi Military Development 325
Cooperation with Other Southern Gulf States 326
Force Transformation and Mission-Oriented
Procurement Priorities 328
Planning, Budgeting, and Procuring Balanced Forces 328
Realistic Limits on Military Spending and Arms Purchases 329
Recasting the Terms of Saudi Arms Buys 329
Waste versus Accountability 330
Contents •$• xiii
Shifting to Better Procurement Management and
Longer-Term Planning 331
Possible Saudi Needs and Major Purchases by Service 332
Purchase of the Rafale? 335
Upgrading the RSAF's Tornados? 338
Ending the Turnkey Approach: The Possible Role of
Test and Evaluation 339
Reshaping Defense Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and
Transparency 339
Arms Sales and Security Assistance 340
9 INTERNAL SECURITY REFORM 343
Saudi Reforms to the Internal Security Apparatus before May 2003 344
International Cooperation 344
Arrests and Questioning of Suspects 345
Legal and Regulatory Actions andFreezing Terrorist Assets and
Combating Money Laundering 345
Actions Taken in Regard to Charitable Organizations 348
Saudi Internal Security Reforms since May 2003 349
Prospects for Further Internal Security Reforms 355
10 THE BROADER PRIORITIES FOR SECURITY REFORM 359
Political Reform 360
Shura Council 361
Regional Assemblies 362
Municipal Elections 362
Regional Reform 365
Economic Reform 365
Investment Environment and Capital Markets 366
Transparency 369
Privatization 370
The Government Budget and Public Debt 3 71
Addressing the Unemployment Problem 373
Accession to the WTO and Free Trade 377
Economic Diversification 379
Social Reform 381
Human Rights 381
National Dialogue 383
Women's Rights and Values 384
Educational Reform 385
xiv ••• CONTENTS
Religious Reform and Tolerance 388
Religious Tolerance and Diversity 389
The Role of the Ulema 391
Islamic Policies 394
Administrative and Governance Reform 396
Ministerial Reforms 396
Other Governmental Reforms 398
Judicial and Legal Reform 399
Overall Progress in Reform 401
NOTES 403 |
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| indexdate | 2024-07-09T20:37:09Z |
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| spelling | Cordesman, Anthony H. 1939-2024 Verfasser (DE-588)132834979 aut National security in Saudi Arabia threats, responses, and challenges Anthony H. Cordesman and Nawaf Obaid 1. publ. Westport, Conn. [u.a.] Praeger Security International 2005 xxiv, 426 S. graph. Darst. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Security Studies, Washington, D.C." Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-426) and index Sécurité nationale - Arabie Saoudite National security Saudi Arabia Sicherheitspolitik (DE-588)4116489-1 gnd rswk-swf Arabie Saoudite - Politique militaire Saudi Arabia Military policy Saudi-Arabien (DE-588)4051788-3 gnd rswk-swf Saudi-Arabien (DE-588)4051788-3 g Sicherheitspolitik (DE-588)4116489-1 s DE-604 Obaid, Nawaf E. Verfasser aut http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005016847.html Table of contents HEBIS Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=014714315&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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