The picture shows the Russian "Duga 3" radar
The Soviet Union once owned the "Duga" super radar, and every time it was turned on was a world radio disaster: because every time the radar was turned on, it meant that the emergency communication channels of public radio, aircraft and fishing boats throughout Europe would be unusable; Now that the "Dugga" radar near Chernobyl has been burned into a pile of rotten iron, why was this pile of rotten iron so valued by the Soviet Union in the past?
The picture shows the Russian "Duga 3" radar
As an over-the-horizon radar, the performance of the "Dugga 3" is very amazing, its amazing power is not only in the radar's powerful scanning and discovery capabilities, but also in its powerful interference ability to enemy sensors - as a super radar with terrible output power, every boot of the "Dugga 3" means that all the short-wave radio equipment in Europe at that time will be very powerful interference, if the European countries try to plan a strike operation against the Soviet Union, As long as this plan is implemented, it encounters boot interference from the "Duga 3" radar, and the entire battle plan will be disrupted.
The picture shows Russia's new over-the-horizon radar
But it was not an easy task to make this super radar work, at least, no substation in the Soviet Union at that time could afford the demand for power from this super radar, even a superpower like the Soviet Union had to build a power station specifically for this radar to ensure that it could operate normally, because this radar used a large number of transmitters and receivers, which made the "Dugga 3" need to use a lot of manpower and supercomputer assistance to operate normally. This also made the Soviet Union have to spend at least 700 million yuan a day to ensure that the Super Radar "Dugga 3" can function properly.
Restarting the "Dugga 3" is no longer necessary for Russia, if Russia also wants to monitor the air activities of EU countries and the possibility of launching ballistic missiles at a very long distance, then they can directly use the latest version of the ultra-long-range alert radar, and they will not use the large and costly "Dugga 3" at all.
The picture shows Russia's new over-the-horizon radar
Coupled with the fact that the "Dugga 3" is a very large fixed radar, this means that if a war breaks out between Russia and NATO, such an ultra-long-range early warning radar will be the first target to be destroyed, plus after the end of the Cold War, both Russia and NATO countries are deeply aware that if the two countries throw nuclear weapons at each other, the final result is the common destruction between Russia and NATO, which means "Duga 3" The original function of this super radar: the act of detecting whether the other side has fired a nuclear bomb on itself has become meaningless, and it is no wonder that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia did not restart the "Dugga 3" radar system, but let it become a pile of scrap iron.
No wonder the radar ended up being abandoned, but the abandoned reboot of "Duga 3" is not meaningless: for tourists and local residents, this once abandoned super radar has now become the most famous local attraction, for them, "Duga 3" is not only an amusement park, but also the greatest proof of the strength of the Soviet Union.