27 December 2018 - 3D Military Radar represents the most contemporary military devices that improve the function of a classic military radar. Detected information contains distance, direction and speed concerning the radar position.
If the available information includes distance and azimuth, it is 2D radar. If the height is present too, then it is a 3D Military Radar.
Ministry of Defense is planning to provide 3D Military radar for the supervision of airspace of Montenegro. The radar would be set up on Bjelasica, reads the long-term defense development plan for the period 2019-2025.
“This radar will enable full operation ability for generating the image of the situation of the airspace in Montenegro,” reads the document.
Military analyst Aleksandar Radić says that there were two options possible when it came to the analysis of the radar set-up: Vrsuta, near Bar, and Bjelasica.
“In the previous document, Vrsuta was a chosen location. However, meanwhile, an agreement with SMATSA was confirmed. Using this agreement, SMATSA will take the radar at its own expense, positioning it at Vrsuta hill and transferring the image to the operation center at the Airport in Golubovci that will be integrated into the NATO system anti-air and anti-racket defense. Therefore, SMATSA is buying three radars, two of them will be in Serbia and one in Montenegro. The one in Vrsuta will be civil, whereas the one set in Bjelasica will be a military radar,” explains Radić.
Provision of the radar in Bjelasica is a whole different story. As Radić says, there are two options.
“One option is a temporary delay of the purchase and borrowing the radar from NATO or some other Member State. The other option is to start the purchase procedure as soon as possible. In this case, that will be more than €20 million. It’s an expensive investment especially considering that Montenegro bought three helicopters worth €30 million. That’s why we asked NATO to provide support in bridging the lack of resources. It’s still very uncertain, but the expert commission will decide what to do in that sense at the beginning of 2019,” says Radić.
The Ministry of Defence plans to spend 215 million EUR for procurement of equipment by 2028, while the investments will increase by 82% and in 2028 will amount to 145 million EUR, suggests the Defence long-term Development Plan 2019-2028.
Source: Cafe del Montenegro
