The unique 29B6 “container” radar is part of Russia's early warning system to detect threats coming thousands of miles away, such as long-range ballistic missiles.
Russia has lost a kind of radar system. Both Ukrainian and Moscow sources reported that Kiev carried out the attacks Drones Hundreds of miles deep inside Russian territory.
as write down Newsweek, Ukrainian media reported on Wednesday Ukrainian drones hit the object where the “Container 29 P6” over-the-horizon radar is located.“A drone attack on a facility in Mordovia, in the Russian Republic of Mordovia, took place on April 11,” Russian and Ukrainian sources said, citing sources from Ukrainian military intelligence.
On Wednesday, Artem Stunov, the regional governor of Mordovia, said that a Ukrainian drone “again hit an object in Mordovia” at around 8:00 a.m. local time. According to him, Russian anti-aircraft defense shot down the drone.
In a message from the Cheka-ODPU, which is said to contain inside information on Russian security forces, It is said “The attack was successful and now the Russian over-the-horizon station is down.”
The unique 29B6 “container” radar is part of Russia's early warning system to detect threats coming thousands of miles away, such as long-range ballistic missiles. According to the Russian state news agency TASS, it can track ship and hypersonic missile launches, as well as aircraft takeoffs up to 1,860 miles away.
The Mordovia-based radar, which monitors the airspace around Europe, is what Forbes called Russia's only west-facing over-the-horizon radar. Its value, according to the publication, is 110 million dollars.
“Filling the gap” created by the lack of radar will be very difficult, the Cheka-OGPU's Telegram channel reported.
It will be recalled that the SBU attacked the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation Long Range Radar Complex “Nebo-U” Worth 100 million dollars. Seven aircraft-type kamikaze drones were flown by radar.
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