A transient “ghost island”, born from a mud volcano eruption in the Caspian Sea, has captivated researchers. The island emerged in early 2023, only to recede into the sea by the end of 2024 ...

And maybe they were right to be worried. The Caspian Sea Monster could scream along at 650 kilometers per hour, would skim harmlessly over antiship mines, and flew too low for most radar to spot.

When the Caspian Sea Monster was first launched, it was equipped with six P-270 Moskit anti-ship missile launchers—suggesting that back in the 1970s and 1980s Soviet engineers thought that it ...

The Caspian Sea has witnessed a bizarre phenomenon. A temporary island formed off the coast of Azerbaijan and disappeared, all within a couple of years. The island, created by a mud volcano ...

The island was spotted by satellite in the 143,200-square-mile Caspian Sea, between Europe and Asia, NASA says. NASA photo Like some sort of modern Atlantis, a “ghost” island has largely ...

The Caspian Sea Monster was a Soviet marvel that skimmed the waves, blending the speed of a plane with the stability of a ship. Now, DARPA’s Liberty Lifter aims to revive this concept with ...

Last month, an 18th-century 28-meter wooden shipwreck was discovered off the Mazandaran coast of the Caspian Sea in southern Iran. Operating under Russian influence, the ship likely comprised part ...

off the coast of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. The NASA Earth Observatory has released a series of images taken with the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and OLI-2 instruments on the Landsat 8 and 9 ...

long sitting neglected in the Caspian Sea, is the answer to these problems. For navies to survive, perhaps the Caspian Sea Monster must roar once more.