Sevastopol Radar Station
| Sevastopol radar station | |
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| Sevastopol, Ukraine | |
Plan of the site showing the two wings of the Dnepr overlooking the Black Sea
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 Sevastopol radar station
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| Coordinates | 44°34′44″N 33°23′10″E / 44.5788°N 33.3862°E |
| Type | Radar station |
| Code | RO-4 |
| Height | 75 metres (246 ft) |
| Site information | |
| Condition | ruined? |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1968- |
| Built by | Soviet Union |
 2011 photos
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Sevastopol radar station was a Soviet radar station providing early warning of ballistic missile attack. It is located between the Cape of Chersones and the auxiliary airfield "Chersones" (Marine Aviation of the Black Sea Fleet) in Sevastopol and was part of the Soviet missile attack warning system. Information from this station could be used for a launch on warning nuclear missile attack or to engage the A-135 anti-ballistic missile system.
The radar occupies a site 1 km long overlooking the Black Sea. Nearby there is a former Soviet Navy dolphinarium and a former airfield. When the station was built it was in the then-closed town of Sevastopol, in the Ukrainian SSR.
The radar is a Dnepr (NATO name "Hen House") phased array radar. It consists of a central building and two long wings over 250 metres long; each wing is a separate radar array. One had an azimuth of 172° (facing south) and the other 230° (facing south-east). The radar had a range of 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) covering southern Europe, North Africa and parts of the Middle East.
Construction began on the radar in the late 1960s. Some sources say that it started operating in 1975, others say it became fully operational on 16 January 1979.
In 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed and the station ended up in the newly independent country of Ukraine, together with the radar in Mukachevo. Russia signed a 15-year agreement with Ukraine in 1992 to rent both radars for $840,000 per year, although unlike other overseas stations the radar was to be staffed by Ukrainians not Russians. In 2005 management of the radars was transferred from the military to the civil Ukrainian National Space Agency and the rent increased to $1.3 million, although Ukraine asked for more.
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