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Old Posted Aug 25, 2007, 3:42 PM
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Woodpecker Radar Site - lattice structure 150 m high, 90 m wide, 900 m long!

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:







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

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