At the height of the Cold War in the 1960s, CIA analysts spotted a mystery vehicle being developed on the Caspian coastline of Soviet Russia. The craft was dubbed the “Caspian Sea Monster” and was ...

During the Cold War, U.S. spy satellites photographed a strange Soviet machine emerging from the Caspian Sea: a 302-foot, 530 ...

New images of the Chinese ekranoplan show the presence of underwing weapons pylons, suggesting a strike role in addition to ...

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.

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 ...

Electric ducted fans blow air under the wing to produce a power-augmented ram effect that reduces takeoff speed and distance. Credit: Flying Ship Flying Ship is a U.S. startup that plans to modernize ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: On January 17, economist Philip Pilkington wrote an essay, “Why Aircraft Carriers Are Becoming Obsolete,” in The National Interest in which he identified several drawbacks of using ...

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 ...