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Пустая - конкретики нет (один абзац новый источники сказали что по 25 лимонов)
Ukraine sells Kolchuga to Iran
Robert Karniol JDW Asia-Pacific Bureau Chief
Bangkok
The Kolchuga passive detection system identifies aerial targets through their emissions
The number of Kolchuga stations acquired by Iran is unknown
Amid political divisions over moving closer to the NATO alliance, Ukraine has risked Washington's wrath by selling the Kolchuga passive detection system to Iran.
The Kolchuga is intended to detect the take-off and formation of aircraft groups at ranges beyond those of existing radar, as well as determine the course and speed of targets while designating them for air-defence systems. It can identify aerial targets through their emissions and identify the mode of aircraft weapon control systems.
Mounted on a six-wheeled truck, each station consists of four antenna assemblies in the VHF, UHF and SHF wavebands with both narrow-beam (long range) and wide-beam (close range) monitoring capability. There is also a parallel receiver for analysis, identification and processing equipment, including direction finding equipment for use in conjunction with other stations. Display and recording equipment is also included.
Three Kolchuga stations would normally operate along with a command vehicle to provide accurate triangulation on a target. The system is claimed to have a range of 600 km (narrow beam) or 200 km (wide beam) along a front of 1,000 km.
It is not known how many Kolchuga stations Iran has acquired. However, sources told Jane's that each costs about USD25 million, with deliveries either recent or imminent.
Iran is looking to bolster its air defences in light of suspicions over its nuclear programme - fearing a potential US or Israeli raid on its facilities.
The US and UK sent investigators to Kiev in October 2002 to explore claims from March of that year that Ukraine had defied UN arms sanctions by selling the Kolchuga system to Iraq. The Ukrainian government denied the allegations and these were never confirmed.
Washington was more recently angered by the regime of former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma when it emerged in 2005 that it had delivered at least 18 Raduga Kh-55 (AS-15 'Kent', RKV-500A) cruise missiles to Iran and China in 2001. Concerns were also expressed that the technology may have reached North Korea.
The revelation of a Kolchuga sale to Iran comes at a trying time for Kiev, with President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych duelling over Ukraine's future relationship with NATO. Defeated presidential candidate Yanukovych is seen as pro-Russian while Yushchenko is perceived as pro-Western.
Yanukovych said on 14 September at a session of the Ukraine-NATO commission in Brussels that Ukraine is not yet ready to implement the action plan on accession to the alliance. Yushchenko firmly disagreed, with the presidential press service quoting him on 16 September as saying that this is "an erroneous viewpoint which does not meet national interests, and this should be rectified".
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The Kolchuga station consists of four antenna assemblies mounted on a six-wheeled truck. (R Pengelley/Jane's)