Nebo-SVU / Nebo-U
VHF early-warning radar (anti-stealth)
VHF metre-band radar for early warning and indication of low-observable targets. Provides no firing solution, but 'tips off' the layered defence where to look — a classic anti-stealth tripwire.
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- Role
- Early warning / stealth indication
- Band
- VHF (metre band)
- Mobility
- Mobile/semi-fixed
Performance
- Range
- ≈ 216 NM
- Limitation
- Low accuracy — no firing solution
Threat
- Countermeasure
- VHF jamming, terrain masking
- Threat level
- High as a warning layer
News archive 6
Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.
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«Уражено РЛС «Небо-У» вартістю близько $100 млн — Генштаб ЗСУ» (ArmyInform: 'Nebo-U radar worth about $100 million hit — General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine')
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as reported by ArmyInform, Ukrainian Defence Forces units struck a Russian 55Zh6U «Nebo-U» radar near the settlement of Magri in Krasnodar Krai during the night of 16 October 2026. The General Staff describes the Nebo-U as a long-range, three-coordinate metre-band radar that detects and tracks a…
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Су-24, два катери, 40 пунктів управління та десятки засобів ППО, РЛС і РЕБ — результати middle strike за вересень (ArmyInform: Su-24, two boats, 40 command posts and dozens of air-defence, radar and EW assets: results of middle strike for September)
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has published a September tally of its 'middle strike' campaign. According to the ministry, Ukraine's Defence Forces hit more than 30 Russian air-defence, radar and electronic-warfare assets, 40 command posts and more than 50 logistics targets during the month. The report does not define the term or name the Ukrainian units or…
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Авіація, катери, радари та міст: ГУР знищило низку критичних елементів військової системи окупантів
Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported on 28 September 2026 that operators of its special unit 'Prymary' (Ghosts) struck a range of Russian targets, from logistics and communications to radar, aviation and naval assets. ArmyInform lists: a railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal; 9 communication towers, EW, ELINT and radar (BRLS) assets…
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Сили оборони уразили ЗРК «Бук-М3», РЛС «Небо-У», виробництво БПЛА та пункти управління зс рф
ArmyInform (a Ukrainian military outlet) reports on behalf of the General Staff that on 20 September a Buk-M3 air-defence system near Ukrainka (Zaporizhzhia region), a Nebo-U radar near Balka (Donetsk), a drone-production site in Severodonetsk (Luhansk), a command post near Zoriane and a UAV control centre near Staromykhailivka were struck. The source provi…
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Ukraine Hits russian Buk-M3 System, Nebo-SVU Radar, Drone Base, and 205th Vessel
According to Ukrainian sources (Defense Express, citing statements from Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces / "Madyar's Birds"), Ukrainian units carried out a coordinated multi-domain strike operation reported on 31 July 2026. In Donetsk region (Snizhne), operators from the "Phoenix" border-guard unit struck a Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system while it was…
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Ukraine Destroys Tor-M2 System, Hits Buk-M1 Units, and Five russian Radars in Coordinated Drone Strikes
According to Defense Express, operators from Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces — specifically the 1st Separate Center working with the Deep Strike Center — carried out a coordinated overnight drone-strike campaign on 20 July 2026 against Russian air-defense and radar infrastructure. The report claims a Tor-M2 short-range air-defense system was destroyed nea…