Shipka is a small military base near the city of
Mukachevo
Mukachevo (, ; , ; see name section) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated in the valley of the Latorica River and serves as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion. The city is a rail terminus and highway junct ...
(just outside a small village of
Shenborn) in
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
. In the past it was a Soviet base that served the Soviet-installed
Dnepr radar
Dnestr radar () and Dnepr radar (), both known by the NATO reporting name Hen House, are the first generation of Soviet space surveillance and early warning radars. Six radars of this type were built on the periphery of the Soviet Union starting ...
.
Overview
In 1992, it was rented to Russia for 15 years. In 2009 the base stopped transferring data to Russia because the Russian authorities refused to continue paying for land lease which was increased in 2006. Formally, in 2008 Russia denounced the Russia-Ukraine agreement about rocket warning systems.
Currently it is a base of the
State Space Agency of Ukraine
The State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU; ) is the Ukrainian government agency responsible for space policy and programs. It was formed on 29 February 1992, and was based on the Soviet space program infrastructure that remained in Ukraine foll ...
, "Національне космічне агентство України. Західний центр радіотехнічного спостереження", formally part of Mukachevo.
"Закарпатське Мукачево: На вістрі “холодної війни”, або Таємниці "Шипки""
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References
External links
Ukraine will be blind
Ekonomichna Pravda (Ukrayinska Pravda
''Ukrainska Pravda'' is a Ukrainian socio-political online media outlet founded by Heorhii Gongadze in April 2000. After Gongadze’s death in September 2000, the editorial team was led by co-founder Olena Prytula, who remained the editor-in ...
). June 3, 2013
Ukraine plans to install radars of new generation before 2017 - NKAU chairman
Interfax Ukraine
Interfax-Ukraine () is a Ukrainian news agency. Founded in 1992, the company publishes in Ukrainian, Russian, English and German.
The company owns a 50-seat press centre.
The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022)
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. June 5, 2013
Expedition to the secret Dnepr radar
Hi-way. March 2, 2007
Zakarpattia: Dnepr radar to this day works for Russia
Zakarpattia Portal. November 6, 2008
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Zakarpattia Oblast
Soviet military radars
Military installations of Russia in other countries
State Space Agency of Ukraine