New images of the Chinese ekranoplan show the presence of underwing weapons pylons, suggesting a strike role in addition to rapid support and resupply for amphibious operations in the South China Sea.

DARPA’s Liberty Lifter is an American attempt to revive the ekranoplan as a huge military transport that can skim close above the sea, climb out of ground effect when needed, and land directly on ...

Observe wingtip vortexes on an RC Ekranoplan during flight. A fascinating look at the aerodynamics and unique behavior of ground-effect vehicles. #RCEkranoplan #Aerodynamics #WingtipVortex Yankees ...

Ground effect is the term used to describe the effect that air flowing around a vehicle forms a kind of cushion the closer it gets to the ground, providing significantly more lift for the same ...

The “Liberty Lifter” fits neatly into the operational concepts sculpting how US joint forces intend to compete and win in the Western Pacific. All hail the “ekranoplan”! The US military may have hit ...

China has reportedly presented a humongous ‘ekranoplan’, a hybrid between an aircraft and a ship, alarming US military experts who flagged a ‘real and serious’ threat from Beijing. China has yet to ...

Ekranoplan – a cross between a ship and an airplane – sits unfinished in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Or even a ship? No – it is something much more sinister. Roaring just feet ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The high-speed sea vehicle, known as ekranoplan, a legacy from the Cold War era, has once again attracted the attention of two major world powers, the United States (US) and China.

A U.S. military program that sought to resurrect a secretive Soviet aircraft design has been scrapped, meaning no American successors to a plane dubbed the Caspian Sea Monster are on the horizon ...

At the height of the Cold War in the 1960s, CIA analysts spotted a mystery vehicle being developed on the Caspian coastline of Soviet Russia. The craft was dubbed the “Caspian Sea Monster” and was ...

The US and China seem to be in a race to resurrect the Soviet era military tech CHILLING pictures have emerged showing China’s terrifying new giant “sea monster” warplane for the first time. And the ...