Russia Constructs Rezonans-NE Radar Capable of Detecting Stealth F-35 in Finland and Norway

Construction of the Rezonans-NE Radar has started to counter stealth F-35s of the US and allies at the hilltop of Korzunova air base, where radar installation will be tracking any plane coming over the border where Finland and Norway are covered in its radius.

Russia Counters NATO Forces With New Radar

The site for the VHF radar was announced in 2020, and recent claims that construction has been ongoing from July 2021. Satellite images have verified this statement, noted the Barents Observer.

The facility's location is near Zapolyarny, a mining town 10 kilometers from the Norway border with Russia. Its structure is a quad radar module that has coverage of 90 degrees and scans 360 degrees, reported the EurAsian Times.

The radar uses no rotating antennas, transmit antenna-feeder and elevation antenna-feeder devices, and data receivers and processing modules.

When done, the stealth-busting radar will cover the distance of the skies in Rovaniemi in Finland and Evenes airport in Norway. They will be future bases for the US F-35s close to Russia's border.

To date, two jets at Evenes are assigned to the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) missions that will intercept Russian planes from the Kola Peninsula. By 2025 Finnish F-35s will be at Rovaniemi.

The new radar system was sold to Iran in 2020, and it successfully tracked F-35s lurking at the borders, noted TASS.

A total of the six Rezonans-NE Radar will be installed, with the first getting underway; it will cover the Russian arctic coastline from the Kola Peninsula to the eastern Bering Strait.

Stealth Capabilities of NATO

The radar system can identify and track even the most complex air targets. It is a high frequency [VHF] phased-array radar for advanced detection.

It can detect various present and potential air targets, including stealth cruise and ballistic missiles, hypersonic aircraft, and stealth aircraft. It can catch strong electronic countermeasures (ECM) and noise.

This radar can scan preset locations or a wide 360-degree scan, but in peacetime, it will support units for air and air defense warfare operations; as an early warning if NATO attacks Russia.

Each of the four-radar modules can work independently with a 90-degree azimuth, and the components are the transmit, azimuth, elevation antenna feeders, and power amplifier.

According to Yuri Knutov, a Russian military expert, Rezonans have AI functions that help identify and track targets.

For aerodynamic air targets, the system's capabilities allow it to recognize and designate targets up to 600 km and 1,200 km for ballistic targets. The system simultaneously finds targets at heights of up to 100 kilometers.

Since the radar comes in cheaper modules, they will be placed in special containers with a way to know an ally or enemy and can stand up to winds up to 50 m/s at the lowest and highest air temperatures.

Combat mode will track 500 targets simultaneously, warning of an attack, and send the info to air defenses. It is a modular system with several setups for the system.

Several countries have bought the radar already, especially with the F-35 stealth fighters in some air forces; Egypt, Iran, and Algeria got it for that.

Rezonans-NE Radar, with its multiple capabilities, even detecting the F-35 will be a spoiler, especially for NATO, having the F-35 out of the picture.