That’s very interesting, Piers. I had always wondered what the stuttering
noise was and apparently it was Woodpecker.
I can’t think how much radiation the contraptions pushed out while in use.
Chris
> On 16 Nov 18, at 13:33, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Never seen suchlike under construction, John.
>
> But if you had asked about a similar completed structure, I would have said
> yes, it looks just like the Duga-3 over-the-horizon radar array erected just
> south of the Chernobyl nuclear power station, nicknamed Woodpecker by NATO,
> as evidenced in this Youtube clip:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOMVdOc9UbE
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOMVdOc9UbE>
>
> I didn't take my own photos when I passed by, not wanting to tempt
> providence, and I was concentrating anyway on the power station. But I can
> tell you that Soviet maps marked the site of the radar as a Boy Scout camp!
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