Russia has built a giant radar system within NATO's eastern flank that is reportedly capable of detecting aircraft, missiles and naval vessels up to 2,000 miles away.
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The system could be used to monitor targets deep into northern and western Europe, including the UK, expanding Russia's surveillance capabilities across the continent.
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Satellite images show the radar is located in Kaliningrad, the heavily militarised Baltic enclave just 20 miles from the Polish border and 40 miles from Lithuania.
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According to The Times, the system has 'three radiating arms of antenna masts, each roughly 500 metres long'.
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These appear to be part of an over-the-horizon (OTH) radar, a system with the ability to detect targets at very long ranges.
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OTH radars are so powerful they can create wavelengths longer than 10m, which is ten times longer than standard long-range radars used for surveillance.
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At high frequency, these are bounced off the upper atmosphere to detect targets that are out of sight.
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The system based in the town of Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad, could have a range of between 550 and 2,000 miles away.
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The high-tech radar system is based in Kaliningrad, the heavily militarised Russian enclave near the Polish and Lithuanian borders
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The latest satellite images, taken by spacecraft company Iceye, reveal how the Russian enclave is being developed as a site for sophisticated military technology.
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Iceye has contracts with the Ukrainian defence ministry and supplies Kyiv with intelligence via satellites.
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Since the outbreak of war in 2022, Kaliningrad has continued to wreak havoc for vessels and aircraft in Europe due to GPS interference.
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Over the past four years, Lithuania estimates that Moscow has developed at least 36 'spoofing' antennae across the enclave.
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Alongside radar technology, Kaliningrad is linked to missiles and air defence systems as well as the Russian navy's Baltic fleet.
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The development comes after the Russian embassy in London threatened the West with nuclear war if it attacks the Kremlin's European outpost of Kaliningrad.
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The warning was issued on the embassy's social media channels in response to a new TV show about a fictional scenario in which Russia attacks the UK.
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Major figures including Michael Gove, Dame Penny Mordaunt and former UK ambassador to the US Kim Darroch starred in the programme, The Wargame.
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During the Sky show, the prime minister played by Gove orders a retaliatory attack against Murmansk and Kaliningrad.
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The Russian Embassy in London warned: 'Those advocating plans to blockade or strike Kaliningrad should have no illusions about the consequences.
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Any British or NATO military action against Russian territory would be met with a response using all means at Russia’s disposal, including nuclear weapons.
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Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave between NATO members Poland and Lithuania that has been touted as a possible launch location for the Kremlin's nuclear missiles.
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The embassy added: 'Russia has repeatedly made clear that it neither seeks confrontation with NATO and Europe nor intends to attack them.
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But should anyone choose to unleash such a conflict, they must be under no illusion that Russia will respond accordingly.'
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The embassy's post also referenced a piece written in the i Paper, which described Kaliningrad as Vladimir Putin's 'greatest weakness'.
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