Saudi Arabia also invested in Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, the so-called Sunni Bomb, by directly financing the research of A. Q. Khan, the father of the Pakistani effort. The Kingdom’s hope of directly benefiting from Pakistan’s nuclear capabilities was blocked in 2003, when the US discovered the prospect of a transfer of knowledge and more.
沙特阿拉伯还投资于巴基斯坦的核武器计划——所谓的逊尼炸弹（Sunni Bomb），直接为巴基斯坦核武器之父可汗（A. Q. Khan）提供资金。沙特王国直接受益于巴基斯坦核实力的算盘在2003年因为美国发现可能存在理论和其他方面的转移而受阻。