Posted on 05/24/2024 1:13:48 PM PDT by hardspunned
Ukrainian attack on annexed Crimea using U.S.-supplied missiles is reported to have struck a space radar station used by occupying Russian forces.
The local Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported on Friday that Kyiv's forces attacked military installations in Crimea on Thursday evening.
At least six ATACMS ballistic missiles hit a communications center used by the Russian army that houses "a radio antenna of a space observation station," it said.
Newsweek could not independently verify the report and has contacted Russia's Defense Ministry for comment by email.
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Looking at the top view up close:
https://www.google.com/maps/place//@44.5793873,33.385635,496m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en&entry=ttu
This is not current. The radar antenna is the big thing that looks like wings. Looking at the right “wing” it certainly looks like the radar is defunct. The building in the middle housed the transmitter and probably computers, 1960’s Soviet computers. It would have air conditioning and electrical distribution networks that would make it useful for modern communications and data processing facilities. Remember old school computer rooms with false floor with cables running underneath.
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