Pionersky Radar Station
{{Short description|Russian radar station near Kaliningrad}}
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Pionersky Radar Station ({{lang-rus|Пионерский РЛС-Pionersky RLS}}) is an early-warning radar station near Pionersky in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is a key part of the Russian early warning system against ballistic missile attacks and is run by the Russian Space Forces.
The station is located on the former Dunayevka air base {{convert|10|km}} south west of the village of Pionersky and {{convert|27|km}} north west of Kaliningrad.
The radar is modular and can be put into testing mode before being fully completed. It was announced in November 2011 that the radar was operational but without a fully completed array. Previously Oleg Ostapenko, commander of the Russian Space Forces was quoted as saying in January 2011 that it had started working whilst being built and Vladimir Popovkin, then First Deputy Minister of Defence, was quoted as saying in February 2011 that it will not be complete until 2016. It is fully operational in 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=361288 |title=Интерфакс-Агентство Военных Новостей |access-date=2014-12-27 |archive-date=2016-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918062530/http://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=361288 |url-status=live }}
The radar is estimated to cost 4.43 billion rubles.
Voronezh radar
{{Main|Voronezh radar}}
Voronezh radar are highly prefabricated radars needing fewer personnel and using less energy than previous generations.{{cn|date=April 2023}} The one being built in Pionersky is a Voronezh-DM, a UHF radar with a 6,000 km stated range.[http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20111201/503336354.html Задача по быстрому развертыванию РЛС в России выполнима, сообщает ВКО] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103142338/http://www.ria.ru/defense_safety/20111201/503336354.html |date=2012-01-03 }} РИА Новости
References
| url = http://russianforces.org/blog/2011/11/voronezh-dm_radar_near_kalinin.shtml
| title = Voronezh-DM radar near Kaliningrad is operational
| accessdate = 2012-01-09
| last = Podvig
| first = Pavel
| date = 2011-11-29
| journal = Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces
| archive-date = 2012-03-08
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120308231848/http://russianforces.org/blog/2011/11/voronezh-dm_radar_near_kalinin.shtml
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| url = http://russianforces.org/blog/2011/02/early-warning_radar_in_kalinin_1.shtml
| title = Early-warning radar in Kaliningrad - not until 2016
| accessdate = 2012-04-15
| last = Podvig
| first = Pavel
| date = 2011-02-22
| journal = Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces
| archive-date = 2012-05-09
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120509234659/http://russianforces.org/blog/2011/02/early-warning_radar_in_kalinin_1.shtml
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| url = http://russianforces.org/blog/2011/01/early-warning_radar_in_kalinin.shtml
| title = Early-warning radar in Kaliningrad region?
| accessdate = 2012-04-15
| last = Podvig
| first = Pavel
| date = 2011-01-27
| journal = Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces
| archive-date = 2012-03-09
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120309073939/http://russianforces.org/blog/2011/01/early-warning_radar_in_kalinin.shtml
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| url = http://lenta.ru/news/2011/12/12/modernize/
| script-title = ru:Модернизация радаров СПРН в Северо-Западном округе начнется в 2015 году
| trans-title = Upgrading early warning radars in the Northwest District will begin in 2015
| language = Russian
| accessdate = 2012-01-09
| date = 2011-12-12
| publisher = Lenta.ru
| archive-date = 2012-07-13
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120713004211/http://lenta.ru/news/2011/12/12/modernize/
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| url = http://www.knia.ru/news/7384.html
| script-title = ru:Под Калининградом появится РЛС Системы предупреждения о ракетном нападении
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| language = Russian
| accessdate = 2012-04-15
| date = 2011-02-21
| publisher = Калининградское независимое информационное агентство
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120420190700/http://knia.ru/news/7384.html
| archive-date = 2012-04-20
| url-status = dead
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| url = http://www.ng.ru/politics/2008-10-20/3_kartblansh.html
| script-title = ru:В ответ на размещение американской ПРО в Чехии и Польше Россия построит РЛС в Калининградской области
| trans-title =
| language = Russian
| accessdate = 2012-04-15
| date = 2008-10-20
| publisher = Независимая газета
| archive-date = 2011-01-30
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110130074800/http://www.ng.ru/politics/2008-10-20/3_kartblansh.html
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| url = http://www.redstar.ru/index.php/2011-07-25-15-57-07/item/917-zagorizontnaya-missiya-yantarnogo-kraya
| script-title=ru:Загоризонтная миссия янтарного края
|trans-title=| language = Russian
| first = Leonid
| last = Hayremdinov
| accessdate = 2012-04-15
| date = 2012-03-02
| publisher = Krasnaya Zvezda
}}
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