The Garmon radar station has entered service with the air defence forces of the Central Military District in Tuva, said the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence today.
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"The radar arrived for air defence units of a motor rifle formation of the 41st all-arms army. It is designed to detect an air enemy and control the airspace in the interests of short-and medium-range anti-aircraft missile batteries," said the Ministry's press service.
Furthermore, the new station is designed to detect enemy air and control airspace in the interests of short and medium-range anti-aircraft missile batteries.
Garmon radar consists of several units packed for transportation in special containers. Each container weighs less than 30 kg. The antenna and control post includes an antenna, a container with receiving and transmitting equipment, a rotating support in the form of a tripod with mounts and a ground radio interrogator. The technical post consists of equipment for processing the collected information, navigation equipment and a control panel with a monitor for displaying information about the air situation. In addition, the calculation has a radio station for communication. It takes about five minutes for a three-person crew to assemble the station and prepare it for work.
The operating station is capable of detecting air targets at ranges from 1 to 40 km at an altitude of up to 10 km. The maximum speed of the detected target is limited to 700 m/s.
