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Hello Stalkers!
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is home to many interesting places and objects that deserved to be immortalized in our game. Apart from the obvious ones like the nuclear power plant and the city of Pripyat, there is also the monstrous Duga over-the-horizon radar, more commonly known as the “Moscow Eye”. It simply cannot be overlooked: it’s huge, has a distinctive shape and is visible from miles away. Therefore, it’s worth taking a closer look at it.
Work on the new over-the-horizon radar system began in the 1950s. The regular radars of the era were unable to detect targets beyond the horizon, so with the threat of the Cold War looming, this new project was specifically designed to fill this gap. The first radar of this type was built near Mikołajów, codenamed Duga-1. A second, known as the Duga-2, was constructed nearby in 1971. Already in 1969, a decision was made to build further systems of this type in other regions of the Soviet Union. The most famous and most important of them is undoubtedly located near Chernobyl.
The antenna was built 9 km south-west of the nuclear power plant, while the transmitting antenna was located to the north-east of the plant. The receiving antennas consisted of two sets of masts - 12 masts 90 m high and 17 masts 135 m high. They weighed approximately 13,000-14,000 tons.
Numerous buildings with computer systems and command posts are also worth noting. About 1,000 soldiers were needed to operate the entire system. Two closed housing estates called Chernobyl-2 and Lubecz-1 were built for the crew.
The Chernobyl complex officially began its operations in July 1976 and continued working until April 26, 1986. The increased level of radiation caused by the disaster at the power plant not only endangered personnel, but also disrupted the operation of the radars. Therefore, in 1988, a decision was made to completely switch off the Chernobyl radar complex. The most important equipment and transmitting antennas were dismantled and removed. However, a complex of receiving antennas has been preserved. Currently, the radar antennas are falling into disrepair. Over time, the authorities decided to limit access to the antennas for safety reasons.
Our team saw Duga with their own eyes and thanks to that you can see her too - in our game. In fact, it plays a key role in one of Chernobylite’s missions. (Sashko is to blame!). An amazing building that still looks impressive today.
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