Thanks. I really love weird and wonderful vehicles like this, whether prototypes or actually employed. Some of my favourite discoveries on the internet are posts about unusual tanks I've never...
Thanks. I really love weird and wonderful vehicles like this, whether prototypes or actually employed. Some of my favourite discoveries on the internet are posts about unusual tanks I've never seen before because their existence was just dug up out of military archives after sitting and collecting spiders for decades. Ekranoplans certainly seem limited in terms of practical use, but what a sight they are!
NP. And yeah, I love learning about old prototypes and "superweapons" (and speculative future tech too). I find it especially fun to imagine a world/universe where the designs actually worked out...
NP. And yeah, I love learning about old prototypes and "superweapons" (and speculative future tech too). I find it especially fun to imagine a world/universe where the designs actually worked out and changed the course of history. :)
Related video from earlier this year made by Real Engineering:
https://tildes.net/~humanities/f2m/the_soviet_superplane_that_rattled_america
Thanks. I really love weird and wonderful vehicles like this, whether prototypes or actually employed. Some of my favourite discoveries on the internet are posts about unusual tanks I've never seen before because their existence was just dug up out of military archives after sitting and collecting spiders for decades. Ekranoplans certainly seem limited in terms of practical use, but what a sight they are!
NP. And yeah, I love learning about old prototypes and "superweapons" (and speculative future tech too). I find it especially fun to imagine a world/universe where the designs actually worked out and changed the course of history. :)