Strikes at strategic “eyes”: what consequences will the defeat of the Voronezh-M radar near Orsk have for Russia?

This is not the first time that drones have attacked Russian radar stations/Collage 24 Channel

On May 26, drones attacked the Voronezh M long-range target detection radar station in Orsk, Russia. The consequence of the strike may be the destruction of 50% of all over-the-horizon radars.

Radar station “Voronezh-M” is located near Orsk, Orenburg region, which is 1500 kilometers from the current front line.

Systematic strikes

Earlier, two Voronezh-DM over-the-horizon radar stations near Armavir were also hit. Accordingly, we can conclude that we are talking about systematic strikes.

And, if only one of these radars in Armavir could look a little above the low part of the occupied Crimea, keeping the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and Turkey in “focus,” then “Voronezh-M” near Orsk did not look towards Ukraine at all, the material says.

Probable consequences of defeat

The mission of the radar station near Orsk is to warn about the flight of ballistic missiles in the sector from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of ​​Japan. That is, the responsibility of “Voronezh-M” near Orsk is, first of all, China, as well as India and Pakistan, and besides them – possible launch areas in the Indian Ocean.

If the failure of the Vornezh-M is confirmed, then we are talking about the defeat of 50% of all over-the-horizon radars, which are responsible for the conditional direction “south – southeast”. Although now Russia still has an overview towards China thanks to Voronezh-DM near Barnaul and Voronezh-M near Usolye-Sibirskoye in the Irkutsk region. The distance to them, from the conditional Kramatorsk, is about 3.2 thousand and 4.5 thousand kilometers in a straight line, say analysts.

It’s also interesting that if the defeat is confirmed, then the rhetorical question again arises, why such strategic objects in Russia are located without air defense cover at all.

Strike at a record distance: what is known

• A Ukrainian intelligence drone attacked the Voronezh-M long-range target detection radar station. The consequences of the attack by power steering drones on a Russian radar station, which was carried out late in the evening of May 26, can be seen in satellite photos taken by the Planet Labs satellite.
• The image for May 27 shows that dark spots appeared on the territory of the radar station, but they were not yet visible in the images for May 26. It is likely that these are traces of a fire as a result of a drone hit.
• Sources 24 Channel said that the strike “Voronezh-M” is a new record for a Ukrainian UAV. For the first time, our drones attacked a target at a distance of more than 1800 kilometers.