Ekranoplans—massive Soviet machines combining elements of ships and planes—were built to be the ultimate coastal transport ...

In the 1980s, an American engineer had a bold vision—to build an ekranoplan 10 times bigger than the Soviet Union’s Caspian Sea Monster. The Aerocon Wing Ship was a flying city, capable of carrying 3, ...

The freakish addition to the Soviet navy used what pilots call ... And maybe they were right to be worried. The Caspian Sea Monster could scream along at 650 kilometers per hour, would skim ...

Six naval mines abandoned back in the Soviet era have been found in Azerbaijan ... exploration in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea, unidentified objects were spotted at a depth of ...