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Spot on: Russia to track future US missiles with upgraded over-the-horizon radar

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https://www.rt.com/op-ed/446157-hypersonic-radar-missile-russian/

In response to US plans to pull out of the INF Treaty and the active development of its hypersonic technology, Russia is building a network of radar stations best suited to detect missile launches from afar.

Russia is seeking to install Container-type over-the-horizon (OTH) radar stations along its borders. The move will substantially boost Moscow's capabilities to monitor airspace and detect missile launches, particularly in case of hypersonic projectiles.
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OTH radar redux: The Russian Woodpecker OTH radar was a Cold War technology that was built near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant because it used such a huge amount of electricity to transmit ultra-powerful radio pulses that bounced off the ionosphere in order to detect approaching missiles over the usual radar horizon. Its pulses could be heard by amateur radio operators who nicknamed it the Russian Woodpecker. Long abandoned along with Chernobyl. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duga_radar. The huge antenna towers are still used by ham operators during Field Day exercises. Now they are reinventing the technology.
 
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Aren’t there satellites all over the sky that monitor things like missle launches?
 
Aren’t there satellites all over the sky that monitor things like missle launches?

We have had them since at least the 1960s. They detect the heat of rocket engines at lift off & boost stages. Don't know about Ivan.
 
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