lol@ russian cold war tech

[Tsakali]

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010 ... kranoplan/

1987 was the year when the first 350 tons ground effect “ship” from the series of Soviet battle missile carriers was produced. It was called Lun after the Russian name for a bird of prey - hen harrier. Another name for this vehicle was Project 903. It carried 6 Moskit cruise missiles (SS-N-22 Sunburn in NATO classification). Hitting four of them causes inevitable sinking of a vessel of any know type and size.

[scared?]

old....

[AmIdYfReAk]

is it normal that i would like to drive that thing?

[Doombrain]

the russians didn't fuck about.

[seremtan]

in soviet russia, thunderbirds aren't go

[Ryoki]

Leave it to the Ruskis to build a shipkiller that's not seaworthy

Kinda like the hoovercraft come to think of it... cool design and cool tech, but ultimately quite useless as a military machine.

[seremtan]

hoovercrafts were combat effective against dust bunnies

[+JuggerNaut+]

[Doombrain]

Leave it to the Ruskis to build a shipkiller that's not seaworthy

Kinda like the hoovercraft come to think of it... cool design and cool tech, but ultimately quite useless as a military machine.

MURRRRR

[Ryoki]

hoovercrafts were combat effective against dust bunnies

lol, damnit

Also, what are you murring about doombrain? Any particular part of that you don't agree with or do you just want some attention..?

[Doombrain]

just seeing if you're still upset with me.

[Ryoki]

always my friend

[Nightshade]

Leave it to the Ruskis to build a shipkiller that's not seaworthy

Kinda like the hoovercraft come to think of it... cool design and cool tech, but ultimately quite useless as a military machine.

Actually, wing-in-ground effect craft are very effective, but they don't do too well on rougher seas. Plus, one rogue wave and it's fucked if the pilot's not paying attention.

[Transient]

So if you're behind the wheel of one of those things, are you simultaneously a pilot and a captain? Or does your title change once the thing becomes airborne or lands?

[Eraser]

Pretty cool.
Saw a link to this on that same site:

http://www.dalimunthe.com/2010/02/rp-fl ... ip-in.html

It's a ship that floats horizontally but can flip to stand in a stable upright position.

[Eraser]

Heh, and this could come straight out of a James Bond movie. A russian underground submarine base:

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2008 ... rine-base/

[Ryoki]

Actually, wing-in-ground effect craft are very effective, but they don't do too well on rougher seas. Plus, one rogue wave and it's fucked if the pilot's not paying attention.

Does flying so low mean you're under the radar..?

That underground submarine base is awesome cool

[Hannibal]

lol. Play Harpoon II enough and them damn Sunburns will wreck your shit on a regular basis.

[Plan B]

Gotta love this shit.
I like how the Russian tech seems awkward and clunky, but effective and menacing at the same time.

[socialist hippie]
Such a shame all this time, energy, intellectual resource and money went/goes into these ridiculous projects, where the money could so much better be spent raising the general standard of living.
[/socialist hippie]

[Nightshade]

Does flying so low mean you're under the radar..?

Absolutely, you're lost in the backscatter from the ocean's surface. Low-rent stealth technology.

[Scarface]

it looks similar to the antinov 225

[Tsakali]

Does flying so low mean you're under the radar..?

Absolutely, you're lost in the backscatter from the ocean's surface. Low-rent stealth technology.

depends... radar equipped vessels will detect it, so if it's going after ships what's the point?

[Hannibal]

depends... radar equipped vessels will detect it, so if it's going after ships what's the point?

Well it's not dropping torpedoes so that flying turd doesn't have to get very close. It just needs to be a stable delivery platform. The sunburn's range is 120km and it skims the wavetops at mach 2.5ish before popping up at the last second to deliver the payload.

[Don Carlos]

Heh, and this could come straight out of a James Bond movie. A russian underground submarine base:

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2008 ... rine-base/

Amazing game level right there!

[Nightshade]

depends... radar equipped vessels will detect it, so if it's going after ships what's the point?

I doubt anything less than an Aegis class cruiser-type vessel would see it.