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The Russian Woodpecker (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone)

A highlight of a Chernobyl tour is a visit to the Russian Woodpecker, or Duga-3.  It’s a 1 km long, by 150 meter high hunk of rotting metal radar technology.  The “woodpecker” name comes from the tapping Russian Woodpecker sound it makes while in use.  This remnant of Cold War time was a way for …

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