OMG, it's full of ekranoplanes...

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Pointed out by ps238principal on livejournal

Lots of VERY strange ekranoplane stuff.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/05/ekranoplans-showcase.html

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/06/ekranoplans-showcase-part-2.html

I can only assume that some Russian engineers were on serious drugs...

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[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Yes, because it must have been awful tempting to the Russians to have a fleet of craft that could fly right up to within missile range of an american carrier task force, and boom. Wouldn't see them until the missiles launched.

And when they abandoned research on these, is that not about the same time they started building vast numbers of Bears and Backfires with the intent of just swamping any American fighter screen with sheer numbers instead?