# The Russian Woodpecker… A Closer Look (David L. Wilson, Monitoring Times, August 1985)

Compiled by [Robin Monks](https://coldwar.tech/about), a Cold War archival expert.

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Source Type | news-article |
| Author | David L. Wilson |
| URL | https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Monitoring-TImes/1980s/Monitoring-Times-1985-08.pdf |

Tags: Woodpecker, Duga, shortwave, monitoring, 1985, period source

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