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‘Duga’: a giant abandoned air radar near Chernobyl

In the 1970s, the Soviet Union built a radar so powerful… it literally shook American radio stations thousands of kilometers away! What you are seeing is the infamous Duga Radar – also known as the “Russian Woodpecker” because of the eerie click-click-click sound it emitted across global frequencies. Built to detect nuclear missiles launched from America, Duga was a giant – 150 meters tall and 500 meters wide – bigger than an entire colony of buildings! Its technology was so advanced, it could d

‘Duga’, o radar aéreo gigantesco abandonado perto de Chernobyl