Woodpecker Radar Site - lattice structure 150 m high, 90 m wide, 900 m long!

[Alpha]

The former Soviet Woodpecker Overhorizontal Radar played in cold war a great importance at cold war as syste for anti-ballistic missile detection. It was also well known for its enormous shortwave jammings, which sounded like the knocking of woodpeckers ( there the name).

The Woodpecker transmitters used a transmitting power of 10 MW and an enormous "highrise like" antenna systems: 150 metres high, 90 metres width and 900 metres long!

Here are some pictures of the former facility near Cernobyl:

http://pripyat.com/sm/site/photogallery/uploads/1376/13842.jpg

http://pripyat.com/sm/site/photogallery/uploads/1376/16272.jpg

http://pripyat.com/sm/site/photogallery/uploads/1376/13912.jpg

Further pictures on
http://pripyat.com/ru/internet_photo/chernobyl_2/

More information on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Woodpecker

[Tom In Chicago]

neat cold-war relics. . .

[KevinFromTexas]

Interesting structure.

[Tom In Chicago]

^Kevin. . . I dare ya to try and build a Lego model of these things ;)

[Austinlee]

That's pretty cool.