At 400 metres (1,300 ft) tall, the two radar towers are the highest radar towers in the world as well as being by far the tallest structures in Israel, beating out both the tallest building in Israel, the 238.5-metre-tall (782 ft) Azrieli Sarona Tower, and the 300-metre-tall (980 ft) smokestack of the Orot Rabin power plant.[3]
The radar towers' height, as well as the presence of several guy wires used to anchor them in place, inhibits the ability to fly in their immediate surroundings. To solve this, as well as to not disrupt any air force activities in the Negev, the facility was located close to the nearby Nuclear Research Center, whose surroundings were already strictly off-limits to any kind of aviation.[4]
Notes
^According to one source,[2] the range might be as high as 2,400 kilometres (1,500 mi).
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