Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Images of what is claimed to be a Chinese version of the famous Soviet Ekranoplan have found their way on the internet.

Powered by 228,800 Lb-Ft of thrust, this Lun-class Ekranoplan was designed to carry two-million pounds of Europe-invading soldiers and vehicles and six nuclear missiles at speeds up to 340 MPH. Thank ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: It’s possible that the rusting hulks, leftover from the Soviet days, are the only ekranoplans anyone will see for the foreseeable future. Between the 1960s and the early ...

‘Front Lines,’ Christopher McFadden’s’ column, examines warfare past, present, and future. McFadden analyzes cutting-edge military tech, and global defense policies, highlighting the forces shaping ...

In the late 1960s, decades deep into the Cold War, US intelligence analysts monitoring the Caspian Sea came across satellite images of an oddly shaped, winged machine of huge proportions. The ...

Dreaming of the bright, more efficient and comfortable future, humanity can’t help but look back on the past, finding inspiration and motivation there. RDC Aqualines is also doing it, with the Aquas ...

If there’s one thing [rctestflight] likes, it’s… probably radio controlled test flights. If there are two things [rctestflights] likes, the second one is probably ground-effect vehicles, AKA ...

What is it that’s not quite either a plane or a boat, but has characteristics of both? There are probably a lot of things that fit that description, but the one that [Nick Rehm] is working on is known ...