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2013/02/11

MEMO: Saudi Arabia Border Airports to camouflage SECRET drone program in the spotlight

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Laying out the position on information leaks, Human Rights Activist Censored31 noted that the information analysts are allowed to know sensitive miltitary secrets. Everyone has a role in the leak, not just the public officers responsible for it.
Our role in the leakage of government data is to expose the enemies of mankind.

"This appeared to be Saudi Arabia Border Airports to camouflage Saudi participation in the drone program with drone launch capabilities inserted into border guard functions. The Saudis may well have added drone capabilities to its border defense in response to the rise in Al Qaeda threats from Yemen." John Young wrote - Cryptome.org


1 The base identified by Wired Umm Al Melh Airport, Saudi Arabia
Primary Concrete Runway Length: 9,600 Feet

Secondary Dirt Runway Length: 5,200 Feet
Coordinates: 19.102438,50.120902
Bing (below) http://binged.it/YMCd4J (Image dated January 2012)
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(Below) Google http://goo.gl/maps/IriFu the air base image is not shown but location coordinates identified at Umm Al Melh Border Guards Airport
A Google Earth user identified 3 bases along Saudi southern border on February 22, 2006, Umm Al Melh, Umm Gharib and Gahfah (Ardah):
miktvk 2/22/06 Found 3 of these VERY remote bases around the southern Saudi border, this one just over the border in Yemen, 2 more to follow. All 3 are identical, this one seems to have support facilities way down the road. Secret US bases? Saudi bases? A mystery
Two similar bases along the Saudi-UAE border (below) at Shubayta (Shabita) and Batha.

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2 Umm Gharib Airport, Yemen
Length: 5,500 Feet
Coordinates: 18.39911,49.12597
Bing (below) http://binged.it/YMzlF6
Google (blurred) http://goo.gl/maps/pql3w
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3 Oyba Al Badie Airport, Yemen, near the Saudi border
Length: 9,700 Feet
Coordinates: 18.72061,50.83837
Bing (below) http://binged.it/YMzVT7
Google http://goo.gl/maps/N3S1A
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Nearby Guard Camp
Bing http://binged.it/YMAlc8
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4 Thabhloten Airport, Saudi Arabia
Length: 6,700 Feet
Coordinates: 19.83209,54.02178
Bing (below) http://binged.it/YMF5i6
Google http://goo.gl/maps/D4I2i
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5 Saudi Border Check Point (Opposite following Oman Check Point) Sout of Thabhloten Airport Coordinates: 19.691371,53.970003
Bing (below) http://binged.it/Z3k3j2
Google (blurred) http://goo.gl/maps/3QUFX
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6 Oman Border Check Point (Opposite previous Saudi Check Poin) Coordinates: 19.656336,54.00201
Bing (below) http://binged.it/Z3kpGo
Google http://goo.gl/maps/u0J6p
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7  Gahfah (Ardah) Airport, Saudi Arabia
Length: 6,700 Feet
Coordinates: 21.228739,55.268375
Bing (below) http://binged.it/Z1NYIs
Google (blurred) http://goo.gl/maps/Wg9a2
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8 Unnamed Dirt Air Strip, Oman (Appears to be a border base opposite the Saudi base above)
Length: 6,300 Feet Coordinates: 21.177868,55.465280
Bing (below) http://binged.it/Z3hcqn
Google http://goo.gl/maps/B7WSX
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9 Unnamed Construction Camp, Saudi Arabia Coordinates: 21.660448,52.985279
Bing: http://binged.it/Z3lWwg
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10 Unidentified Dirt Air Strip, Saudi Arabia
Length: 4,000 Feet Coordinates: 21.744693,53.279165
Bing http://binged.it/Z3mlyE
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Nearby Camp http://binged.it/YOUJti
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11 Unidentified Dirt Air Strip, Saudi Arabia Coordinates: 21.949367,53.291220
Bing: http://binged.it/YOV6Uz
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12 Shaybah (Shaiba) Airport, Saudi Arabia
Primary runway length: 9,800 Feet
Secondary dirt runway: 6,000 Feet
Coordinates: 22.514973,53.956054
Bing (below) http://binged.it/YNnFlt
Google http://goo.gl/maps/uR2m2
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13  Shubayta (Shabita) Airport, Saudi Arabia
Length: 6,800 Feet
Coordinates: 22.711798,53.278188
Bing (below) http://binged.it/YMHEk9
Google http://goo.gl/maps/zSJPc
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14  Batha Airport, Saudi Arabia Eastern Coast, Near UAE Border
Length current: 5,500 Feet
Apparently being lengthened to 7,200 Feet
Coordinates: 24.217598,51.449492
Bing (below) http://binged.it/Z1QsGJ
Google http://goo.gl/maps/MCgtS (Date May 16, 2010)
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An unidentified system atop a wedge-shaped platfrom
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15 Al Kharj Airport, Saudi Arabia
Length: 10,500 Feet Coordinates: 24.062487,47.413311
Bing (below) http://binged.it/YNzdVE
Google http://goo.gl/maps/eaYkH
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16 Hawtah Airport, Saudi Arabia
Length: 8,400 Feet

Nearby dirt runway: 5,500 Feet Coordinates: 22.968118,46.901910
Bing (below) http://binged.it/YNuAuX
Google http://goo.gl/maps/FfVty
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17 Kumdah (Wadia al Dawasir) Airport, Saudi Arabia
Length: 9,800 Feet
Coordinates: 20.499195,45.202863
Bing (below) http://binged.it/YOtaAo
Google http://goo.gl/maps/M7ivf
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18 Sulayel Airport, Saudi Arabia
Length: 9,600 Feet
Coordinates: 20.464894,45.617775
Bing (below) http://binged.it/Z2qeE0
Google http://goo.gl/maps/Hi134
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19 Al Lidem Airport, Saudi Arabia
Length: 5,700 Feet
Coordinates: 20.4748,44.75894
Bing (below) http://binged.it/Z35c8j
Google http://goo.gl/maps/Sh7LU
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20 Najran Airport, Saudi Arabia
Length: 10,000 Feet
Coordinates: 17.6139,44.41938
Bing (below) http://binged.it/Z35Nab
Google http://goo.gl/maps/aBDK0
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21 Sharurah Airport, Saudi Arabia
Length: 12,000 Feet
Coordinates: 17.467754,47.121477
Bing (below) http://binged.it/Z36jEY
Google http://goo.gl/maps/5lZyy
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