Voronezh-M modular station of highly compatible structure is intended for usage as part of the missile warning system. The stations will substitute old ones located in Ukraine and Azerbaijan. The main aim of the new missile system is to warn about the launch of ballistic missiles in the north-west direction and also send data about cosmic objects to the system of cosmic space control.
The range of Voronezh-M station is up to 6000 km. It enables considerable increase of target location accuracy and ensures missile navigation and control. It provides simultaneous control of 500 objects. Its cost is over 1,5 billion rubles.
The station will replace the Soviet station located in Latvia that was destroyed by local nationalists. Its construction started in 2005 and the first test launch took place in December 2006. February 2012 is marked by the final launch.
The period of assemble doesn’t exceed 1,5-2 years.The station consists of blocks that contain 23 units of equipment supplied in containers made at the factory.
The surrounding territory is under current.
The station is serviced by 18 people.
Today the soldiers are welcomed not by Marshall Zhukov on a white horse but by priests.
Control station.
An emblem of aerospace security forces.
Usage of radiotelephones and devices of personal radiocall is prohibited.
Chief assistant of the senior officer, military post 13.
Training battle quarters. There is an unknown target in the west. It can be a ballistic missile.
The telephone receives messages about the start of a ballistic attack.
The special computer is highly productive and has unlimited capabilities. It consumes 1500 W.
Commander is listening to the report of the soldier on duty.
And congratulates him with the start of the shift.
Those who just start the shift get their first pennants.
Confidential negotiations by phone are strictly prohibited.
An operator’s working place.
Do military men have any idea about ergonomics? Why should the keyboard be so thick? It can survive a nuclear war easily, though.
The station controls the cosmic space from Morocco to the eastern coast of the USA.
The control system has discovered some unauthorized access.
Main phones.
The Ministry of Defense has started its closed cooperation with journalists and mass media recently.
‘Means of protection’. Did you know that rubber gloves have an expiry date?
The station can increase its capabilities with time. Its life cycle is 40 years.
The entire equipment is located in the dozens of containers while the stations of previous generation had thousands of containers for the same purpose.
The ‘A’ letter protects the country.
via ridus
” The station will replace the Soviet station located in Latvia that was destroyed by local nationalists ”
“Local nationalists” – seriously?
Military object of another country. That’s so simple and does not involve nationality issues.
Oh a foreign radar on national soil, how horrible… What about american ABM systems and radars in different european countries, how is that better..? When it comes to national security, every country should be considered a potential enemy…
Take a look at this site. It explains everything. Latvians LET Russians use the radar on their soil for years. After that, all sensitive equipment was removed by Russian military, and AFTER that, Latvians demolished the station (without equipment it was useless and dangerous piece of junk)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/skrunda.htm
State-of-the-art(?) radar technology together with 70′s telephone systems! (I guess that the orders to launch the nuclear missiles will come through these ancient phones?)
Now think about why are they using them…
those old phones are using special soviet-era built secret department of defense intercom that is totally independent from any other civilian phone network (ineternet, cellphone operators etc) and it was built specifically for that purpose. they have direct line to speak with Kremelin and other sensitive defense / military sites.
Exactly. So many of us in the “prosperous and modern” West don’t understand why old tech is often best tech in a real war. Only the ignorant gloat about this.
The old tech is much more reliable than modern one… less unneeded functions->less parts->less chance to breack->easier to fix if broken->PROFIT
This especially needed when you need to be ready to unleash the apocalypse…
I have a similar telephone that i use as a back up at home. You know why? Because they don’t break! I bet EMP wont even affect that sucker.
I also noticed that they use SunOS (pity they don’t show administrator password on screen), you can take a deep breath, a Windows BSOD won’t start the WW3!
why are they disclosing these LCD screenshots ? quite interesting.
The system running on one of those is quite old for a Solaris machine (US made).
nice landscape.
Everything plastic has a an expiry date, gloves, helmets, boots … plastics stiffen and wrinkle and get porous with time.
I guess the other radar in ukraine was Chernobyl-2.
I noticed the Solaris! Spent many a happy hour watching that boot sequence.
the site has fixed and known coordinates. one cruise missle and gone. ground based radar is a thing of the past.
What do you think all the Tunguska’s, Buk’s and Pantsir systems are there for? To shoot down birds?!!
Don’t worry… This radar will even see excriment comming out of someone’s ass 10000 miles away, so it will have enough time to send a nuke that way if needed…
Interesting that they let the press in and let them take pictures and video of the stuff. During the USSR times this would not have happened.
I guess nowadays it’s the USA that is paranoid and keeping everything secret!
Screen shows a SunOS 5.5.1 from 1996, end of support was in 2005, with a “FILE SYSTEM STATE IN SUPERBLOCK IS WRONG, FIX?” message…
True, even though Solaris 11 most likely wouldn’t be a free download for a government or commercial entity, OpenIndiana or Nextena is.
“ destryed by local nationalists” – please start to read newspapers – liquidation of that object was financed by USA. Also it is difficult to imagine Russian military object in NATO country.
There radar catches ballistic missiles too…the missile wont get close to the radar…and believe me Russia has huge radars….they know when a ship or plane in the usa takes off….Russian radars are beeing used to monitor Planet Mars i think that explains everything…. =)
Russia has had to fight off, just about, every tin-horn wanna “rule ze world” dictator that Europe could produce. I don’t blame them for wanting to be watchful.
Here are a few simple facts for you guyzos.
1. Concentration Camps were invented for the Boer War by the British. (They wanted diamonds.)
2. Gas Chambers were invented by the French during the French Revolution. (The same revolution that gave us Napoleon.)
3. Every major war in the World stated over European politics, including WW1 WW2.
4. US politics started to go badly after the US involved itself in European politics. (George Washington told the US people to avoid foreign entanglements, they did not listen.)
Haters from U.S. are always present in here
Were you referring to my response Sergei?
I did not say I hated anyone in it. I specifically said I understood my Russia had to be on guard, history bears this out.
I have read a little history and from this I got sort of an understanding about how and why Russia had to get so tough.
The point I am trying to make is that Europeans have been doing some pretty interesting things to themselves and others all through history and they like to say they are all innocent. One of them is as bad as ALL of them, at different times in history.
Just saying…
Instead of giving out the usual “non-answer” insulting response, why don’t you look up what I said and see if I am wrong.
Don’t think he was specifically referring to you, OldBikr.
Thank you Ayaa…OldBikr(aka Kolya)
I apologize Sergei.
Got to love the following statement!
“The special computer is highly productive and has unlimited capabilities. It consumes 1500 W.”
Mu computer has an 1000W power supply, does that mean that my computer @ home is has nearly unlimited capabilities? HAH!
You’re easily amused.