The Trump administration is pursuing a sales deal with Saudi Arabia for as many as 48 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighters in a potential multi-billion-dollar deal that is expected to be approved by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) of the Department of Defense, aka the Pentagon, has expressed serious security concerns ahead of a visit by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , according to the New York Times.

Saudi Arabia has security agreements and connections with the People's Republic of China (PRC), which is believed to have developed the J-20 Mighty Dragon based on stolen stealth technology from the F-22 Raptor program. Thus, the probability of the PRC aggressively seeking a means to extract tech secrets from Saudi F-35 Join

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