Kyiv Oblast
Duga Radar (Chernobyl-2)
ProbableWell-known
- On screen
- Grid Radar Array (Warzone)
- Where
- Near Chernobyl, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
- Time & access
- Inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, entered only on authorised visits. The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to Kyiv Oblast (checked November 2026).
In the game
Verdansk’s radar array is modelled on Duga.
History in brief
A huge Soviet over-the-horizon radar built in the 1970s to detect missile launches; its pulsing signal earned it the nickname ‘Russian Woodpecker’. It shut down after the 1986 disaster.
The place today
The vast antenna wall still stands in the forest.
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