ACommunications & electronic warfare
Kolchuga passive sensor
electronic-warfare support measures (ESM) system
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ACommunications & electronic warfare
electronic-warfare support measures (ESM) system
Measured figures
Whole portable transceiver set with nickel-cadmium battery · around using a Nickel–cadmium battery
Single sourcearound 15 kg (using a Nickel–cadmium battery )[source]Whole portable transceiver set with nickel-cadmium battery
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Configuration
| Specification | Kolchuga passive sensor | PRC-999K |
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| Power | — | 5, 10, or 20W[source]Alternative transmitter output settings, not combined output |
| Type | electronic-warfare support measures (ESM) system[source] | portable radio transceiver[source] |
| National origin | Soviet Union[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | Topaz radioelectronic factory in Donetsk[source] | LIG Nex1[source] |
| Role | detect and track aircraft by triangulation and multilateration of their RF emissions |
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| Detection range | up to 800 km (500 mi) for very high altitude, very powerful emitters[source] | — |
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| Configuration | three or four receivers[source] | — |
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| Frequency | VHF, UHF and SHF radio bands[source] | FM /VHF Band[source] |
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| Used by | — | Republic of Korea Army[source] |
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| Communications | — | data or voice transmission via settle frequency or CDMA (Hopping)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | The PRC-999K (RT-314K) variant is loaded with Electronic counter-countermeasure Modules.[source]RT-314K variant |
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| Control | — | the radio can be adjusted remotely by using a controller and cable[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | South Korea[source]Inventory Origin column; table 9, row 5, cell 3; revision 1375247138; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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