Latvia destroyed Skrunda radar despite Russian calls for its conversion

Latvia demolished the 19-story building of the uncompleted Russian early warning radar at Skrunda yesterday despite numerous calls from Russian scientists and specialists to convert the large phase array structure into an international space watch facility. Latvian authorities ordered the explosion...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.