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01-26-06, 04:18 PM
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Navy Seal
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Is it a ship? is it a plane? no it a....
http://www.aether.demon.co.uk/coolkit/ekranoplan.html
Your not gonna pick up this "ship" on your sonar
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01-26-06, 04:25 PM
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Sub Test Pilot
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ekranoplan there is one for sale in nizhney novgorad $12,000USD i think they want was ment to send troops fast across the atlantic and also missiles idea didnt realy take off.
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01-26-06, 07:11 PM
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Navy Seal
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GReat idea, not practical for large scale though.
Also I think one of the main problems was maintaining the requried altitude and the fact they go in a straight line very quickly but can't turn for jack....
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01-27-06, 02:35 AM
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Sub Test Pilot
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They did do a high speed turn in a ekranoplan once but i bet you can guess what happend
Thats right turned and disitergrated.
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01-27-06, 02:41 AM
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Re: Is it a ship? is it a plane? no it a....
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01-27-06, 02:46 AM
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Sub Test Pilot
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bet you could hear that thing a hundred miles away
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01-27-06, 02:48 AM
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is it ship or plane if so what missile do you fire at it SM2 or Harpoon ?
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01-27-06, 03:55 AM
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SM-2, it hits both
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01-27-06, 11:52 AM
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Re: Is it a ship? is it a plane? no it a....
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