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The Duga Radar: The Soviet Union’s Massive Early Warning Antenna

Rising 150 meters above the Chernobyl forest, the Duga Radar was the Soviet Union's billion-ruble "Woodpecker." Explore the failed physics of this Cold War giant and a monumental failure of over-the-horizon surveillance.

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The Duga Radar: The Soviet Union’s Massive Early Warning Antenna

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The home of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the world's most famous radioactive ruin. We explore the landscapes that have served as the battleground for empires throughout history.

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Life Inside the 30km Dead Zone

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The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Life Inside the 30km Dead Zone

Explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: a massive restricted area containing abandoned Soviet infrastructure, thriving wildlife, and the residents who still live there today.

Edward C.

Chernobyl Reactor 4: The Mechanical Heart of the World’s Worst Nuclear Disaster

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Chernobyl Reactor 4: The Mechanical Heart of the World’s Worst Nuclear Disaster

One button turned a power plant into a volcanic chimney. Explore the autopsy of Reactor 4: the physics of the blast, the suicide divers, and the lethal Elephant's Foot.

Pripyat: The Nuclear Ghost City of Soviet Hubris

Step into Pripyat, the ghost city frozen in time by the Chernobyl disaster, where empty streets, abandoned playgrounds, and eerie silence tell the story of humanity’s darkest nuclear tragedy.

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The Duga Radar: The Soviet Union’s Massive Early Warning Antenna

Ukraine

The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Life Inside the 30km Dead Zone

Chernobyl Reactor 4: The Mechanical Heart of the World’s Worst Nuclear Disaster

Pripyat: The Nuclear Ghost City of Soviet Hubris

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