A part of the Russian missile attack warning system (SPRN) Voronezh-DM was damaged by a drone attack in the Krasnodar Territory.
Information about this appeared in a number of Telegram channels, with a photo allegedly taken at the scene attached to the publications. Later, in his Telegram channel, the attack and damage to the facility were confirmed by the senator from the Zaporozhye region, former head of Roscosmos, and former Deputy Prime Minister for the military-industrial complex, Dmitry Rogozin.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet given an official comment on this matter.
Voronezh-DM Early Warning Radar
The high factory readiness radar station, whose main developer is the Moscow OJSC A.L. Mints Radio Engineering Institute, is one of the Aerospace Forces facilities. According to previously published information from the Ministry of Defense, it sees and identifies objects at a distance of up to 6 thousand kilometers horizontally and up to 8 thousand kilometers vertically.
The radar is capable of simultaneously detecting and tracking up to 500 objects, and it monitors the territory from North Africa to Southern Europe.
Intended for:
- detection of ballistic missiles on flight paths within the radar's coverage areas;
- tracking and measuring the coordinates of detected targets and jammers;
- calculating the motion parameters of tracked targets based on radar measurements;
- determining the type of targets;
- issuing information about the target and jamming environment in automatic mode.
It only needs 0.7 MW to operate. This is part of the Voronezh radar family for space control systems (SKKP) and missile attack warning systems (SPRN), which are located throughout Russia.
Voronezh Radar Stations
These are over-the-horizon stationary high factory readiness radars, which should form a closed radar field to warn of a missile attack on Russia. It is known that this system was supposed to include a space echelon, which would make it possible to detect ballistic missiles almost immediately after launch. However, its construction has not been completed to this day.
High factory readiness allows one station to be built in just 12–18 months. It includes a transmitting and receiving unit with an active phased array antenna, a quickly erected building for personnel, and several containers with electronic equipment. The radar operates in the meter, decimeter, and centimeter ranges.
Electricity consumption varies depending on the radar modification from 0.7 MW to 10 MW. In addition to Voronezh-DM, one of the most famous radars, its relatives are known, although there is not much information about their characteristics in open sources. These are:
- Voronezh-M radars, which operate in the meter range of radio waves on targets up to 6 thousand kilometers;
- Voronezh-VP radars, an enhanced meter version of Voronezh-M;
- Voronezh-SM radars, which operate in the centimeter range of radio waves;
- Voronezh-MSM radars in the meter and centimeter ranges;
- Voronezh-MM-SM-M-DM radars in four ranges;
- Voronezh-DM-VP.
Almost all modifications were developed with the participation of specialists from the A. L. Mints Radio Engineering Institute (part of the RTI Systems concern). The final number of such radar facilities in the system is not known, however, according to data from open sources, there are more than ten of them.
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