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Abandoned Radar Station, Duga, Chernobyl, Ukraine (2019)

Duga, also called "russian woodpecker", was a Soviet over the horizon radar system, used as a part of the missile early warning radar network. Operated from 1976 - 1989. Duga broadcasted in the sw radio bands, with reaching over 10 MW it was super powerful.

 

The Duga signal, a repetitive tapping noise at 10 Hz rate, was source for lots of speculations such as Soviet mind or weather control experiments.

 

The massive steel construction is 700 meters (2,300 ft) long and 150 meters (490 ft) high.

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Uploaded on October 3, 2021
Taken on April 12, 2019