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2025-07-07 Science & Technology

China's Mysterious Ekranoplan Seen In Full For First Time

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [254 views ] Top
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#1 we are currently experiencing a renaissance of sorts

"They can't think up any new shit either."

Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-07 03:25|| 2025-07-07 03:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Spruce Goose with chopsticks

Posted by Mercutio 2025-07-07 08:47|| 2025-07-07 08:47|| Front Page Top

#3 In the early days of the War in the Pacific, the Japanese made good effect using seaplanes, some even armed with bombs, although their main task was to birddog their enemy.

Posted by badanov 2025-07-07 09:15|| 2025-07-07 09:15|| Front Page Top

#4 If you think of them as maritime 18-wheelers, freighters carrying loads across vast expanses of the Pacific at relative speed and immune to submarine threats or even detection given low altitude, they might make sense. Cost per mile and cost per unit numbers might make exploring the idea worthwhile?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-07-07 15:43|| 2025-07-07 15:43|| Front Page Top

#5 In service, to be called the Low Flying Duck.

Posted by Glolutch Tingle1702 2025-07-07 20:37|| 2025-07-07 20:37|| Front Page Top

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