Скачать или смотреть The Weird Military Aircraft that Moves Like a Jet and Lands Like a Boat

Twelve Marines need to reach an island 180 miles offshore. Enemy radar sweeps the skies. Sonar arrays guard the depths. Surface vessels would be spotted and sunk before covering half the distance.

Traditional aircraft need runways that don't exist. Helicopters lack the range. Submarines move too slowly and can't deliver troops to shore.

But there's a third option—one that flies like an aircraft, lands like a boat, and remains invisible to both radar and sonar by skimming just five feet above the ocean surface.

The U.S. Marine Corps has invested over 14 million dollars developing this capability, learning from the Soviet Union's failed attempt to master sea-skimming flight three decades ago. Their 280-ton ekranoplan never saw combat, but America's all-electric seaglider is designed to succeed where the Soviets failed: delivering combat power to any shoreline on Earth.