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Assuming they know what they are doing - a BIG assumption with this administration - it could be any number of things.

My first guess is these are bases for electronic counter-measures intended to be usable against the State of the Art anti-aircraft system Russia is building for Iran.  

A second guess is these are bases for some kind of Signal Intelligence operation, or pre-positioning for such.

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by ATinNM on Fri Apr 25th, 2008 at 04:02:14 AM EST
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