“Saudi Arabia can destroy Iran in eight hours”: Saudi Prince

A Saudi prince has claimed that his country maintains military supremacy over Iran and would completely destroy the Islamic Republic in a matter of hours if a war breaks out.

“Saudi Arabia can destroy Iran in eight hours,” Saudi prince Abdullah bin Sultan bin Nasser al-Saud tweeted in Arabic, posting a quotation from a video interview with a Saudi analyst.

Originally aired on Saudi Arabia’s Channel 24 in 2016, the video shows Saudi F-15 warplanes and Iran’s F-4 Phantom jets, saying that the kingdom is in possession of advanced jets and weaponry while those of Iran are all old and outdated.

The prince added, “Of course, this is a segment of two years, before buying and developing air defense systems, naval forces, land, and air with advanced missiles”.

“What 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,” he further said in his tweet.

The analyst in the video further highlights the kingdom’s military capabilities, saying, “Iran has no fighter jets to reach Saudi Arabia”.

The remarks by the Saudi prince comes as the kingdom waging war on Yemen since 2015 has not been able to achieve its announced objective of installing an allied government and defeating the popular Houthi Ansarullah movement in the impoverished Arab country after 4 years.