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India is set to finalize a landmark USD 4 billion defense agreement with Russia, aimed at acquiring an advanced long-range early warning radar system that will elevate the nation’s missile detection and air defense capabilities.
The Voronezh radar is the current generation of Russian early-warning radar, providing long distance monitoring of airspace against ballistic missile attack and aircraft monitoring.
It is a very long-range early warning radar system with a range of well over 8,000 kilometers. It is capable of identifying and tracking threats like ballistic missiles, fighter jets, and ICBMs.
The first radar, in Lekhtusi near St Petersburg, became operational in 2009. There is a plan to replace older radars with the Voronezh by 2020.
Voronezh-M (77Ya6-M) works in the meter range of wavelengths (VHF).
Voronezh-DM (77Ya6-DM) has a range of up to 10,000 km and is capable of simultaneously tracking 500 objects.
Voronezh-VP (77Ya6-VP) works in the meter range (VHF) and is the only one built has 6 segments instead of the 3 of the Voronezh-M.
The first radar, a Voronezh-M, was built in Lekhtusi near St Petersburg. It entered testing in 2005 and was declared "combat ready" in 2012.
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.
It is a radiodetermination method used to detect and track aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, map weather formations, and terrain.
A radar system consists of a transmitter producing electromagnetic waves in the radio or microwaves domain, a transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna (often the same antenna is used for transmitting and receiving) and a receiver and processor to determine properties of the objects.
Radio waves (pulsed or continuous) from the transmitter reflect off the objects and return to the receiver, giving information about the objects' locations and speeds.
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PRACTICE QUESTION Q.The "Voronezh Series" is associated with which of the following? (a) Indian Paleolithic stone tool industry (b) Russian early-warning radar (c) Soviet-era missile testing (d) British colonial administrative reforms. Answer: b Explanation: Voronezh radars are the current generation of Russian early-warning radar, providing long distance monitoring of airspace against ballistic missile attack and aircraft monitoring. The first radar, in Lekhtusi near St Petersburg, became operational in 2009. There is a plan to replace older radars with the Voronezh by 2020. |
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