It seems likely that Russia will propagate its new Over The Horizon (OTH)
radar system around the periphery of Russia -- to include the four Russian
naval fleets, the Pacific, Northern, Baltic, and Black Sea according to a
recently published news item (translation displayed below) from the
Vladivostok press. Although the OTHR will be deployed in the vicinity of
naval
facilities, such a capability could support a number of military surveillance
activities including cruise and ballistic missile launches. To the best of
my knowledge, Russia has not yet provided a technical description of how
its OTH would operate. If they do not include provisions to skip amateur
radio frequencies (and other users of nominally treaty-protected HF spectrum),
the potential for interference will be significant throughout the northern
hemisphere.
Bill - K2TT
_k2tt@arrl.net_ (mailto:k2tt@arrl.net)
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06/04/2009
Russian Defense Ministry Selects Location in Maritime Kray for New OTH
Radar
Vladivostok Vladivostok in Russian 04 Jun 09
[Article by Nikolay Kutenkikh on the Russian Defense Ministry's selection
of a location in Maritime Kray for installation of the new Podsolnukh
over-the-horizon radar: "Podsolnukh [Sunflower] Looks Over the Horizon."]
Vladivostok (Vladivostok)
04 June 2009
Issue Number 78
"Podsolnukh" [Sunflower] Looks Over the Horizon
Author: Nikolay Kutenkikh, Vladivostok
The Ministry of Defense has chosen a site in the [Maritime] Kray's
southeast for situating a new type of long-range radar (a total of four
locations
were considered in Maritime Kray for the state-of-the-art complex). On the
shore of one of the area's bays, Moscow specialists installed a unique
complex for tracking the movements of any foreign surface warships.
This location turned out to be the most acceptable from the perspective of
the terrain and geodesic position, which was confirmed by the Navy's
commission. The complex was developed by scientists at the Moscow Scientific
Research Institute of Long-Range Radar. State testing was carried out
successfully at the beginning of this year.
At this time, not only will the waters of the Sea of Japan be as clear as
the back of one's hand, but a certain zone of the Pacific Ocean can be
observed as well. So, now the movements of ships from the US seventh and
third
fleets and the navies of other states will be tracked by the Pacific
Fleet's shore-based observation system in real time.
At this point only officers, warrant officers and contract servicemen are
serving at Maritime Kray's Podsolnukh. There are no conscripted sailors on
a regular tour of duty here. The majority of officers are graduates of
the Admiral Makarov TOVMI [Pacific Naval Institute] and St. Petersburg's
Popov Institute of Communications.
On the military unit's base they conduct assemblies for graduates of local
schools in the region. And in the future they plan to open a training
subunit. This means that this unique military facility has prospects for
future development.
"V" Data
The Podsolnukh over-the-horizon digital radar complex is unlike anything
else in the world. It is an entirely domestic development. Evidence of the
Podsolnukh's importance is the fact that friendly maritime states are
actively trying to acquire it from Russia. The Pacific Fleet was included in
the rearmament program through 2014, so the first complex of the series was
situated in Maritime Kray. Earlier an experimental model was installed on
the Kamchatka Peninsula, where our nuclear submarines are based. Later
they will be sent to other units across the country for protecting the
Northern, Baltic and Black Sea Fleets. The cost of one Podsolnukh is
approximately 3 billion rubles.
[Description of Source: Vladivostok Vladivostok Online in Russian -- URL:
_http://www.vladnews.ru_ (http://www.vladnews.ru) ]
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