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China Resurrected an Abandoned Soviet 'Sea Monster' That's Part Airplane, Part Hovercraft
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A picture from China appears to show a new aircraft flying just above the water, reminiscent of Soviet developments from the Cold War.
Will China’s Bohai Sea Monster Work? Amphibious Warfare 2.0
A massive ground-effect vehicle (GEV), known as an ekranoplan in Russian military terminology, is a four-engine craft designed to glide just above the water’s surface, optimized for rapid troop transport. This innovative hybrid combines features of airplanes, ships, and hovercraft, enabling unique capabilities for naval operations. The Soviet Union pioneered this technology, deploying an ekranoplan as a warship in the Caspian Sea from 1987 until…
Ekranoplan is a machine that combines the features of a ship, hovercraft and aircraft. The resultant created as a resultant gives unique abilities, i.e. the ability to quickly and secretly transport a relatively large number of soldiers or a large mass of cargo over the water surface.
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