Commander of the Air and Space Defense Forces, Maj.-Gen. Aleksandr Golovko, provided an update on the early-warning radars construction plans. According to Golovko, construction of new radars is being completed in Irkutsk (Mishelevka) and Kaliningrad and new construction is launched in Yeniseysk, Orsk, Barnaul and Vorkuta. Information about these radars have been published earlier. The only exception is Vorkuta - there was a report that new radars will replace the ones in Pechora and Olenegorsk, but this is the first time one of these is officially named. It appears that the Vorkuta radar will replace the old Daryal radar in Pechora.
UPDATE: At a working meeting in Sochi, President Putin said that Russia will bring into operation seven new early-warning radars in the next five years in addition to the three - in Lekhtusi, Armavir, and Kaliningrad - that he listed as operational. These appear to be the second radar in Armavir, two radars in Michelevka, and radars in Orsk, Barnaul, Vorkuta, and Olenegorsk.
UPDATE: Apparently Vorkuta is the name that is used for the Pechora site (in the same way Irkutsk is used to refer to Mishelevka).
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Pavel,
'Krasnaya Zvezda' (The Red Star; main official Russian MoD newspaper) already reported about the new radar in Vorkuta on September 13, 2013 and on October 4, 2013:
http://красная-звезда.рф/index.php/newspaper/item/11473-bolshaya-zhizn
http://красная-звезда.рф/index.php/newspaper/item/11886-v-odnoj-sisteme-koordinat
Thank you! As I understand, Vorkuta is, in fact, the old Pechora site, isn't it?
The Air and Space Defense Forces Command could make the decision to close garrison in Pechora and to construct the new radar in Vorkuta.
There is the ASDF garrison and infrastructure too:
http://kik-sssr.narod.ru/18_Vorkuta.htm
Distance between Pechora and Vorkuta is about 400 kilometers. It is far that to call one as another. (???) It seems so to me... :-)
It's easier to call Pechora Vorkuta than to move the radar... But I guess it's possible that the Pechora site will close.
One more new radar for the Russian Air and Space Defense Forces -- the over-the-horizon (OTH) radar 'Konteyner' in Mordovia:
http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=11873707@egNews
Today 'Red Star' (Russian MoD newspaper) writes us that the old Daryal radar in Pechora will serve till 2025:
http://www.redstar.ru/index.php/newspaper/item/15177-observatoriya-v-pechore
Yeniseysk, 2014:
http://www.spetsstroy.ru/pressroom/spsnews/24235/
The structure on the photos there is not a radar, is it?
Pavel, this design from fittings is a part of a built radar, it is similar to that here at the left:
http://spetsstroy.ru/upload/images/photo/1/1974.JPG
So, they are building a DM radar there? I thought it would be Voronezh-M. Do we know the coordinates?
7 km from Ust Kem (to the north of Yeniseysk):
http://zakupki.org.ru/t9332747
http://www.sstorg.ru/market/view.html?action=view_pdo&type=5990&id=618407
http://www.enadm.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=74
There are some facilities to the south of Ust-Kem, but they are closer to Yeniseisk. Must be it, I guess.
Yes, probably the new radar is to the north of the Yeniseysk, but to the south of Ust Kem. Here in this document its exact coordinates are specified more:
http://www.krasrec.ru/upload/povestka/povestka%2001.08.13.doc
It's amazing that you find all these documents... There is something at 58.486281, 92.086454, but the construction is probably a bit more to the north from Borki. (I like it that Google Maps suggests that you search nearby for restaurants, cafes, and bars in the area.)