[smackem]

"Radar system near Chernobyl in Ukraine called "Moscow Eye" was probably the main Soviet part of anti-ballistic missile systems. Two gigantic aerials 185m, 86 m. height and over half kilometers long is visible even from deep space. The bigger one was a receiving aerial which have 3000 km monitoring area. Uunofficially called Zahoryzontnyj Radiolokatsyjnyj Kompleks, in short way "Moscow Eye".

[Blewvane]

Looks like a giant fly swatter.

[smackem]

You might be on to something. An electrified bug zapper.

[Azimuth]

I wonder how many people died building that thing? It's huge.

[Blewvane]

Originally Posted by azimuth ↗

I wonder how many people died building that thing? It's huge.

I wonder how many people died when they switched the thing on, it looks like it should be some type of weapon system of mass carnage in a b-grade sci fi movie.

[kolya]

Speaking of the power - this facility was the cause of something known as the "Russian Woodpecker", a constant tapping sound cutting into shortwave radio frequnces from the mid-70s upto its termination in the late 80s. Here is a bit more about it.