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Nicknamed the ‘Bohai Sea Monster,’ the Chinese ‘ekranoplan’ is an experimental reconstruction of a Soviet-era design.
Pulling from the pages of the history of the Cold War, China has presented its own ekranoplan nicknamed – quite predictably – ...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency effort to resurrect a secretive Soviet design for an aircraft that skims just ...
China is reviving an ekranoplan design dubbed the "Bohai Sea Monster," echoing the Soviet "Caspian Sea Monster", a vessel ...
Sea-skimming crafts – which fly just above the water – were once considered Cold War relics of a failed Soviet experiment.
In the 1960s, CIA analysts first detected a mysterious vehicle on the coast of the Caspian Sea belonging to the Soviet Union.
Chilling pictures have emerged showing China’s terrifying new giant “sea monster” warplane for the first time.
Images on social media reveal that China has built its own flying ship, dubbed the ‘Bohai Sea Monster’. This wing-in-ground effect (WIG) craft, commonly known as an ekranoplan, was first seen during t ...
The first full image of China's "Bohai Sea Monster" wing-in-ground effect craft has emerged, but major questions remain.
Is it a boat? Is it a plane? The Lun-class Ekranoplan, aka “The Caspian Sea Monster,” is actually both. And now one of the most extraordinary Cold War flying machines ever built is about to ...
China appears to have built a new prototype of a mostly ignored military aircraft; a Wing-in-Ground Effect (WIG) plane.
Past parades have showcased previously unseen weapons, including stealthy unmanned combat drones, rocket-powered ...