To: All
sounds like the soviet top secret ekranoplan or caspian sea monster http://www.rbeverley.freeserve.co.uk/
24 posted on
04/05/2006 5:46:00 AM PDT by
Kewlhand`tek
(Those that can't , Teach. Those that can't teach , Report)
To: Kewlhand`tek
They couldn't make it fly so they installed skis and called it a ship.
32 posted on
04/05/2006 6:21:45 AM PDT by
Deguello
(Wake me up early, be good to my dogs and teach my children to play.)
To: Kewlhand`tek
That is not the one. That is the LUN. Carried six Sunburn anti-ship missles which could pierce the Phalanx, but not the new Missle Rack defense platform.
The smaller one is the Orlynk - which did not carry the missles, but had the 6 turbofans/jets in front.
The photos yesterday were somethign smaller than both - which is comparable to Russia's "Eaglet" - an Ekranoplan smaller than the 2 mentioned above.
44 posted on
04/05/2006 8:20:34 AM PDT by
rjp2005
To: Kewlhand`tek
"sounds like the soviet top secret ekranoplan or caspian sea monster" That monstrosity doesn't look very maneuverable.
To: Kewlhand`tek
No. What it was is a simple WIG. From the image it looks like a single seater.
62 posted on
04/05/2006 12:55:03 PM PDT by
Tommyjo
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