Appearances in Media
The Ukrainian-developed computer game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has a plot focused on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the nuclear accident there. The game heavily features actual locations in the area, including the Duga-3 array. It itself is presented in STALKER: Clear Sky in the city of Limansk-13, although many confuse it with the Brain Scorcher from STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl.
The Russian Woodpecker also appeared on the History Channel on That's Impossible as a suspected weather-control device used by the U.S.S.R. (original air date 1 May 2010).
On a BBC Horizon documentary, The Mysterious Mr. Tesla, doctor Andrew Michrowski (the Planetary Association for Clean Energy) speculated that the Woodpecker could in fact be a Soviet mind-control transmitter, imposing on people's ability to think rationally and stay calm (original air date 20 December 1982).
In Call of Duty: Black Ops, the Grid map is placed in Pripyat near the DUGA-3 array.
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