The DUGA array housed at Chernobyl-2 was significantly upgraded with more advanced technology and was completed in 1986. The upgraded over-the-horizon radar was scheduled for state trials in November 1986; however, the disaster at the neighboring Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant stopped those plans. After the disaster, the newly installed technology was found to have been spared contamination and was moved to Komsomolsk. 1
- Mikhail A. Pervov, Системы ракетно-космической обороны России создавались так [How Russia’s Missile-Space Defense Systems Were Created] (Moscow: AviaRus-XXI, 2004), section “История двух узлов ЗГРЛС.” available online (archive) accessed October 22, 2025. Side-by-side Russian-English machine translation. ↩
