Radar · Early warning & surveillance
Protivnik-G
59N6 (NATO name not confirmed)
High
RU
L-band 3D area-surveillance radar
Mobile 3D surveillance radar in the L-band with long range and altitude measurement. Detects a wide range of air targets to great distance and altitude and provides the air picture for combat control.
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- Role
- 3D area surveillance
- Band
- L-band
- Mobility
- Mobile
Performance
- Range
- 5 – 216 NM
- Altitude
- up to ≈ 656,000 ft (200 km)
Threat
- Countermeasure
- Jamming, low ingress below the horizon
- Threat level
- High — backbone of the air picture
News archive 1
Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.
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Ukrainian Hornet drone reportedly hits Russian radar about 120 km behind the front, possibly a roughly $100 million Nebo-M
Taras Myshak, a communications officer of Ukraine's 59th Separate Assault Brigade of Unmanned Systems, said that a Hornet drone hit an expensive Russian radar station about 120 km behind the front in the Donetsk sector, roughly a week before 28 September 2026. ArmyInform, the Ukrainian army outlet, reports the strike as done by the brigade's Signum drone ba…