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Surveillance radars to be linked by 2022

Igor Tabak

By the end of 2021, Montenegro will get an airspace surveillance radar, while the merging of civil radars into the Air and Space Operations Center, VOC, will be completed by the end of 2022, which means the Montenegrin sky will be fully protected by that period of time. This has been envisaged by the Action Plan for the implementation of the Defense Strategy endorsed by the Government of Montenegro.

A number of media outlets earlier reported that the NATO Investment Committee approved a large-scale radar for airspace monitoring to Montenegro. The surveillance radar will be handed off to Montenegro to use it free of charge for an indefinite period of time, and it will be installed on Bjelasica.

The existing capacities and technical equipment of the Air and Space Operations Center do not ensure reliable and continuous monitoring of the situation in the airspace of Montenegro. In order to overcome this problem, the VOC was established as well as the Air Situation Data Exchange (ASDE) connection with NATO. By acquiring full NATO membership and establishing a secure connection with NATO, the VOC’s capabilities for receiving information on the situation in Montenegro’s airspace from neighboring NATO command and reporting centers have improved.

It’s about high performing 3D radar type HR 3000. It’s planned to get it in the next two years. The transportation and installation costs are still unknown, as talks over it are still pending, NATO earlier told Pobjeda daily.

The analyst of the military-political portal Obris, Igor Tabak, says he expects Montenegro to use the same radar network for civil and military needs as Croatia does.

Explaining Croatia’s experience, which had to develop the radar network after it acceded to NATO in 2009, Mr Tabak says the procedure itself is not too long, as, according to him, it is necessary to buy the equipment, and after it’s installed and put into function in the Center containing several radars, we are going to extend surveillance of our airspace.

 

 

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