Container radar

Russian over-the-horizon radar system

29B6 Container

Country of origin	Russia
Introduced	2 December 2013
No. built	1 operational in 2014, others planned
Type	Over-the-horizon radar
Frequency	3-30 MHz (HF)^[1]
PRF	50 pulse/s^[2]
Range	Around 3,000 kilometres (1,864 mi)^[3]
Other Names	29B6

Container (29B6) radar (Russian: 29Б6 «Контейнер») is the new generation of Russian over-the-horizon radar, providing long distance airspace monitoring and ballistic missile detection. The first radar, near Kovylkino, Mordovia, Russia, became operational in December 2013^[1]^[3]^[4] and entered combat duty on 1 December, 2019.^[5] Another Container radar is planned to be deployed in Kaliningrad.^[6]

Description

The radar can monitor the airspace up to 100 km altitude and has a 3,000 km range. It was developed by NPK NIIDAR, which is also a developer of Voronezh-DM radar. The chief designer was Valentin Strelkin,^[1] and the system's price was 10 billion rubles.^[7]

The system consists of two separate antenna arrays: one for the transmitter and one for the receiver. The receiver antenna array contains 144 antenna masts, each 34 m high. The array has three sections: The inner section is 900 m wide with a 7 m spacing between masts, and the two outer sections are each 200 m wide with a 14 m spacing. The total array width is 1,300 m.^[1] The receiver station has three arrays, arranged in an equilateral triangle. The transmitter antenna array has 36 re-configurable masts and is 440 m wide.^[8]

Radar signals were detected by some amateur radio operators in the 9.2–19.745 MHz frequency band. Pulse repetition rate is 50 pulses per second, bandwidth about 14 kHz, frequency modulation on pulse (FMOP) is used.^[2]^[9] The received signal has a sound similar to the Soviet early warning system Duga radar operated from 1976–1989, nicknamed "the Russian woodpecker".

Location

The receiving antennas are located 8 km south-west from Kovylkino, Mordovia, Russia 53°59′03″N 43°50′34″E / 53.9841°N 43.8427°E / 53.9841; 43.8427 (receiver). The transmitters' antennas were initially located 300 km from the receiver, 5 km north of Gorodets town, Nizhegorodskaya oblast', Russia 56°41′36″N 43°29′10″E / 56.69328°N 43.48625°E / 56.69328; 43.48625 (oldtransmitter). The site has been dismantled since at least February 2018, the new receivers are now located 15 km to the southeast 53°53′00″N 43°59′34″E / 53.8832°N 43.9928°E / 53.8832; 43.9928 (newtransmitter). The system is aligned on a bearing of 095 and 275 degrees to monitor airspace west of Russia, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea region.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "29B6 Container" (in Russian). Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "29B6: Russian FMOP OTH Radar "Kontainer"". 9 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b "В Войсках ВКО впервые заступила на опытно-боевое дежурство РЛС загоризонтного обнаружения "Контейнер"" (in Russian). 2 December 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^ New OTH radar started operation in Volga region (TV footage) (in Russian). 3 December 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^ "Первая в России загоризонтная РЛС заступила на боевое дежурство". tvzvezda.ru. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
^ "Russia's advanced radar in Kaliningrad to monitor entire territory of Europe — source". TASS. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^ "29B6 Container" (in Russian). 14 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^ "Russia activates new long-range radar". Facebook. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^ "29B6 OTH Radar Sounder". Archived from the original on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
^ "Russian OTHR 29B6 Konteyner analysis". 25 February 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

External links

"29B6 Konteyner Over the Horizon Radar (OTHR)". globalsecurity.org.

Russian and former Soviet military designation sequences for radar, missile and rocket systems

Radar
systems

Land-based	A-100 P-3 P-8 P-10 P-12 P-14 P-15 P-18 P-19 P-20 P-30 P-35 P-37 P-40 P-50 P-70 P-80 P-100 Kabina 66 Kasta 2E RSN-225 Azov SNR-75 1S91 30N6 36D6 64N6 76N6 96L6E 9S15 9S19 9S32 Duga Dnestr Dnepr Daryal Dunay Volga Don-2N Voronezh Container
Ship-borne
Airborne	N001 N002 N005 N006 N007 N008 N010 N011 N012 N014 N019 N025 N035 N036

Missiles

ICBM	BZhRK GR-1 R-7 R-9 R-16 R-26 R-36 R-36M R-46 RS-24 RS-26 RT-2 RT-2PM RT-2PM2 RT-20 RT-21 RT-23 RS-28 Sarmat UR-100 UR-100MR UR-100N UR-200
IRBM	R-14 RSD-10
MRBM	R-5 R-12 RT-15
SRBM	2K1 2K6 9K52 9K720 R-1 R-2 R-11 R-11A R-17 OTR-21 OTR-23 TR-1
SLBM	R-13 R-15 R-21 R-27 R-29 R-39 RSM-45 RSM-56
Surface-to-surface (cruise)	Burya RSS-40 3M-51 Alfa 3M-54 Kalibr 9M730 Burevestnik
Surface-to-surface (naval)	P-1 P-5 P-15 P-70 P-120 P-270 P-500 P-700 P-750 P-800 P-900 P-900A P-1000 RKV-500A RPK-2 RPK-6 RPK-7 URPK-3 URPK-4 URPK-5
Surface-to-air	2K11 Krug 2K12 Kub 2K22 Tunguska Kashtan CIWS 9K31 Strela-1 9K32 Strela-2 9K33 Osa 9K34 Strela-3 9K38 Igla/9K338 Igla-S 9K333 Verba 9K35 Strela-10 9K37 Buk 9K330 Tor Pantsir-S1 42S6 Morfey S-25 Berkut S-75 Dvina S-125 Neva/Pechora S-200 Angara/Vega/Dubna S-300 S-350 (50R6) Vityaz S-400 Triumf S-500/55R6M Triumfator-M M-11 Shtorm Sosna-R
Air-to-surface	KSR-2 KSR-5 KS-1 K-10S Kh-11 Kh-15 Kh-20 Kh-22 Kh-23 Kh-25 Kh-26 Kh-28 Kh-29 Kh-31 Kh-35 Kh-38 Kh-41 Kh-55 Kh-58 Kh-59 Kh-80 Kh-90 9M114V Shturm-V Hermes-A Kh-47M2 Kinzhal
Air-to-air	K-5 R-3 R-4 R-8 R-23 R-27 R-33 R-37 R-38 R-40 R-60 R-73 R-77 R-172
Anti-tank	3M6 9K111 9K112 9K114 9K115 9K115-2 9K121 9M14 9M15 9M17 9M113 9M117 9M119 9M120 9M123 9M133 9M133M Kornet-M Kornet-D Hermes