Belarus to buy Russian radars.

The radio-technical troops of the Belarussian armed forces will be equipped with Russian-made Podlet and Sopka-2M radars in the near future, Belarussian Defense Minister Lieutenant-General Andrey Ravkov said.

Podlet radar (Picture source: Vitaly V. Kuzmin)

"Russian-made Protivnik-G radars have been supplied to the troops. The procurement of new Podlet and Sopka-2M radars in Russia is planned," he was quoted as saying by the Belaruska Dumka magazine. The supplies of modern Rosa-RB and Vostok-D radars designed by Belarussian enterprises will continue, he said.

The mobile 3D Protivnik-G radar was supplied to Belarus in August 2016. It can simultaneously track up to 200 targets at an altitude of 150 km and a distance of 450 km. Podlet can automatically detect, determine coordinates, lock on and track various air targets, including stealth ones. The station can simultaneously track 200 targets at an altitude of over 10 km and a distance of over 200 km.

Sopka en-route radar facility is a source of radar information for air traffic control. It detects air objects, measures the distance and determines their country of origin.