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Surviving arrays and replacements: Separate last two arrays into their own "[Post-Cold War]] arrays" subsection, they are not well described by their original subsection
Post-Cold War arrays: Provide source and some more details on the German 410m CDAA
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===[[Post-Cold War]] arrays===
[[File:NASA FIRMS 2025-08-17 Chernyakhovsk CDAA 0.8km.png|thumb|Satellite imagery of the 0.8 km radius [[Chernyakhovsk CDAA]]]]
Currently,{{whenAsof|date=JulyNovember 2020}} the Strategic Reconnaissance Command of the [[Bundeswehr|German Armed Forces]] operates as one of its three stationary [[Sigint]] battalions a {{convert|410|m}} wide circularly disposed array in [[Bramstedtlund]]. It was inaugurated in 1995 with aconstruction diameterstarted ofin 1989.<ref>{{convertcite web|410|m}}title= asEin oneVierteljahrhundert of“Kastagnette“ its|url= threehttps://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/cyber-und-informationsraum/aktuelles/ein-vierteljahrhundert-kastagnette-4184780 stationary|work= [[SigintBundeswehr]] battalions.|date=2022-11-12 |access-date=2025-08-25 |lang=de |trans-title= A quarter-century Kastagnette“}}</ref>
 
In August 2025 media reported on [[Chernyakhovsk CDAA]], an almost finished, 1,600&nbsp;m wide circularly disposed array circa 5&nbsp;km southeast of the [[Chernyakhovsk (air base)|Chernyakhovsk airbase]] in the [[Kaliningrad enclave]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Satellite Images Appear To Show Russia Has New Spy Base on NATO's Doorstep |url= https://www.newsweek.com/russia-kaliningrad-spy-base-satellite-images-baltic-sea-nato-2117706 |work= newsweek.com |first1= Jordan |last1= King |first2= John |last2= Feng |date= 2025-08-22|access-date=2025-08-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-08-20 |title=Putin lässt Mega-Abhörstation bauen – direkt an Nato-Grenze! |url=https://www.bild.de/politik/ausland-und-internationales/putin-laesst-mega-abhoerstation-bauen-direkt-an-nato-grenze-68a46c8ece696d388164233a |access-date=2025-08-22 |website=bild.de |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Huge Antenna System is Being Built in Kaliningrad to Monitor NATO |url=https://militarnyi.com/en/news/huge-antenna-system-is-being-built-in-kaliningrad-to-monitor-nato/ |author=Vladislav V. |date=2025-08-21 |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Militarnyi |language=en-US}}</ref>