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New Voronezh-M radar in Mishelevka entered trials

According to Russian minister of defense Anatoly Serdyukov, who spoke at a meeting at the ministry on March 20, 2012, the new early-warning radar in Mishelevka has entered trials.

The radar, Voronezh-M, is similar to the one deployed in Lekhtusi, near St.-Petersburg. It will replace one of the two old Dnepr radars that have been built at the site int he 1970s. The second Dnepr will also be replaced by a new Voronezh-M.

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One of my readers (thank you, SL) pointed out that someone identified the location of the Voronezh-M radar at Mishelevka and posted a photo of the radar there. Construction of the radar was first reported in December 2010. It appears...
[Voronezh-M radar in Mishelevka identified] [April 7, 2012 8:16 AM] [#]
The Voronezh-M type early-warning radar in Mishelevka was reported to begin combat duty service on May 23, 2012. The radar has been undergoing trial since March 2012. The radar is also known as Voronezh-VP (77Ya6-VP), where VP stands for "high-potentia...
[Voronezh-M radar in Mishelevka begins combat duty] [May 23, 2012 11:57 AM] [#]

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Are there still gaps in the Russian radar coverage?

[John] [March 26, 2012] [#]

There might be. But the radar gap has never been as large as people seemed to believe. There was a discussion of it here.

[Pavel Podvig ] [March 26, 2012] [#]

Someone has uploaded what they claim is a photo of the Mishelevka Voronezh to Wikimapia.

http://www.wikimapia.org/showphoto/?obj=19289543&type=1&lng=0&id=2344410

[SL ] [April 6, 2012] [#]

Thank you. It certainly looks like it.

[Pavel Podvig ] [April 7, 2012] [#]

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