P-18 Terek
Mobile VHF radar for early warning and target designation
Soviet two-dimensional VHF radar for airspace surveillance and passing target data to SAM units. Modernised versions remain in Russian service behind the front in Ukraine; as the 'eye' of air defence it is a regular target of Ukrainian long-range drones.
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- Vehicle
- ZIL-157 truck (antenna on trailer)
- L × W × H
- 6.93 × 2.32 × 2.74 m
- Weight
- 5.54 t empty
- Antenna / mast
- Yagi array ≈ 14 m wide × 6 m high
- Dimension source
- Wikipedia; WEG (ODIN)
General
- Role
- Airspace surveillance, early warning, target designation for SAMs
- Band
- VHF (metre band)
- Type
- 2D (range + bearing, no height)
- Mobility
- Mobile (truck-mounted)
Performance
- Range
- ≈ 135 NM (up to ~250 km per Ukraine's General Staff)
- Altitude
- targets up to ~35 km (Ukrainian General Staff claim)
- Limitation
- No height finding and low accuracy — no firing solution
Threat
- Use
- Ukraine: P-18 'Terek' hit near Semenivske (occupied Donetsk), 25–26 Sep. 2026 — Ukrainian General Staff claim; another Terek >160 km behind the front was hit in Aug. 2026 — source: Ukrainska Pravda, RU Mil Tracker e-20260927-06
- Countermeasure
- VHF jamming, terrain masking, long-range strike on the radar itself
- Threat level
- Medium — warning layer, not a weapon
News archive 8
Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.
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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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Ukrainian Units Claim Strikes on russian Air Defense: Nemesis Brigade Hits Five Radars and Three SAM Systems, SOF Hit Buk-M3, Radar and Akatsiya (Video)
In two video-backed reports between 1 and 3 October, Defense Express relays Ukrainian claims of drone strikes on Russian air defence assets. According to footage published by the Ukrainian General Staff, Special Operations Forces in Luhansk region used reconnaissance and strike UAVs to find and hit a Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system, a radar station of…
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Ukraine Strikes russian Missile Fuel Plants, Drone Launch Sites, and Air Defense Radars in One Week
Defense Express summarises a General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine overview of strikes carried out on 21–27 September 2026. On the defence-industrial side, the list includes the Zavod Iskra research and production enterprise in Ulyanovsk (part of the Almaz-Antey concern, making electronic equipment and weapon components) and the Azov Optical and Mech…
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Ukraine's General Staff reports strike on Russian 39N6 Kasta radar at Manhush, Donetsk Oblast — latest in a September series of Kasta hits
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian units struck a Russian 39N6 Kasta radar station in Manhush, in occupied Donetsk Oblast (on the Azov coast west of Mariupol), on 28 September or the night of 28-29 September 2026. The 39N6 designation belongs to the Kasta-2E2 low-altitude surveillance radar, which detects aircraft, crui…
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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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Ukraine's General Staff says it struck a Russian P-18 'Terek' early-warning radar in occupied Donetsk Oblast and an ammunition depot in Sievierodonetsk
Ukraine's General Staff says Ukrainian forces struck a Russian P-18 'Terek' radar station near the settlement of Semenivske in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, as part of a series of strikes on Russian military targets on 25 September and during the night of 25–26 September 2026, Ukrainska Pravda reports. In the same round, the General Staff said, Ukrainian…
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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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Ukrainian Drone Units Destroy russian P-18 Radar and Strike Buk-M3/S-300 Air Defenses Near Kostiantynivka
Defense Express reports two separate Ukrainian drone operations against Russian ground-based air-defense and radar assets. On July 27, Ukraine's 15th Brigade released footage of the destruction of a concealed Russian P-18 Terek radar, a Soviet-era early-warning system that, despite its age, remains in service detecting aircraft. The radar had been positione…