Armed Forces of Ukraine to test new 3D surveillance radar 79K6 Pelican 12610161

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Armed Forces of Ukraine to test new 3D surveillance radar 79K6 Pelican
The latest development of Ukrainian-made 3D surveillance radar 79K6 “Pelican” was successfully tested by the Ukrainian armed forces during military exercises “Rubizh-2016”.
     
The latest development of Ukrainian-made 3D surveillance radar 79K6 “Pelican” was successfully tested by the Ukrainian armed forces during military exercises “Rubizh-2016”. The new Ukrainian-made 3D surveillance radar 79K6 “Pelican” wqas tested during the military exercise “Rubizh-2016”.
     

Specialists of UKROBORONPROM SE“Scientific and Production Complex “Iskra” were engaged in development and production of the new military equipment. New radar is a mobile military equipment with a deployment time under 30 minutes and a total weight of 17,000 kg.

The new “Pelican” radar performs two main tasks: air defence – defines location of enemy air targets and transfers them to domestic fighters for immediate reaction and destruction of the enemy; as part of AA missile system – defines location of enemy vehicles; range – up to 400 km.

During military exercises “Rubizh-2016” radio-technical battalion of the radio-technical troops – providing air space control – used the latest domestic development 79K6 “Pelican” for the first time