Monster Russian Craft

[TexasRedNeck]

http://thebrigade.com/2015/07/09/russias-unprecedented-monster-aircraft-ship

Interesting piece of soviet junk

[JR]

Cool but very old news and they are all rotting away. Ground effect aircraft, but very fast.

Its the missile pods up top I don't like!

[Sammconn]

Yeah it's pretty cool. Personally I'm glad they're rotting away, as they would be quite a menace to the seas.

[Farmer Jon]

I wouldn't be surprised if they still have a couple that can be put to work if need be.

[EL TATE]

I'm sure they let this one, languishing in disrepair be the focus of the article and very likely still have operational units. However I would like to think our radar and ships' missile defense systems have come a long way since '87 and R2D2 would light those suckers up in a heartbeat.

[JR]

Yep, no matter how you see it that is going to put out on heck of a signal.

That type does hold the world record for lifting by an aircraft. Notice how russia just has to build the biggest (cept carriers)

[stlaser]

I don't think that has much on Hughes' Spruce goose other than it was 40 years behind..........

[Flyin6]

Last time I was up at Evergreen Headquarters, the owners of the Goose, they gave me the museum executive tour. I got to get into the cockpit and sit in Howard Hughs seat.

That is one huge airplane!

[stlaser]

That's pretty cool in my book