Analysts say it marks the largest leap in wing-in-ground effect (WIG) aircraft design since the Cold War, when the Soviet ...

China is already producing the AVIC AG600 Kunlong, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, designed primarily for civilian ...

The Ground Effect Submarine Hunter! In the shadowy corners of Soviet aerospace innovation, a bizarre and ambitious creation ...

The Lun-class ekranoplan on the Caspian Sea coast. After over 30 years in the military port, in 2020 the Caspian Flotilla presented the ekranoplan to the city of Derbent, where it will be ...

The Lun-class ekranoplan became the only one ever operationally deployed as a warship, earning the nickname "Caspian Sea Monster" due to its size and speed.

After a failure while being towed to port, the Soviet Union’s only completed Lun-Class Ekranoplan was left stranded in shallow waters on the Caspian Sea. The Ekranoplan was a unique Soviet plane ...

That crashed in 1980 but inspired the Lun-class ekranoplan. Just one was built, capable of cruising at over 300mph and carrying a battery of guided missiles. It was an intriguing transportation ...

A Nimitz -class aircraft carrier typically carries almost 100 aircraft. A Lun -class ekranoplan might be able to carry one, perhaps two.