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The '''Qabala radar''' is a large land-based [[RADAR]] system near the town of Kutkashen in [[Azerbaijan]]. The Qabala station was manned by [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet]] personnel until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Following this, [[Russia|Russian]] forces leased the station from Azerbaijan.[http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/qabala.htm] | The '''Qabala radar''' is a large land-based [[RADAR]] system near the town of Kutkashen in [[Azerbaijan]]. The Qabala station was manned by [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet]] personnel until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Following this, [[Russia|Russian]] forces leased the station from Azerbaijan.[http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/qabala.htm] | ||
Revision as of 21:47, June 8, 2007
The Qabala radar is a large land-based RADAR system near the town of Kutkashen in Azerbaijan. The Qabala station was manned by Soviet personnel until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Following this, Russian forces leased the station from Azerbaijan.[1]
The Qabala station is one of the largest radars in the world, and is used to monitor the environment of Western Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
In June of 2007, the escalating tensions between George W. Bush and Vladimir Putin about placing Anti Ballistic Missile systems and radar in Poland and the Chzech Republic were softened when Putin offered to allow the use of the Qabala station to monitor for missile launches from "Rogue States" (See 2007 Anti Ballistic Missile System Dispute). By "Rogue States", the DoD presumably means Iran and North Korea.[2]