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..erm, ekranoplan, things.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11432319

Just watched this on the news, there's loads of the things. Not sure I would fancy flying just above the Persian Gulf at 100kts + in something with made in Iran stamped on it.

Some US news sources have suggested they could be designed for suicide attacks and are calling them "Kamikaze Flying Boats"

Those contraptions...

They have damage tolerance issues...

Now something like this



armed with SS-N-22s is another matter...

Cool, should make for fun time during American target practice.

JLAmber wrote:Some US news sources have suggested they could be designed for suicide attacks and are calling them "Kamikaze Flying Boats"

Against civilian shipping? I just can't see it working against a naval vessel unless they're going to send hundreds. As Vic points out, it'll be interesting if they discover that these things scale.

They do look like great fun, though.

America has had them for years and they go higher.

I can just see it now - Iran and the US blowing their entire defence budgets on trying to outdo each other at Red Bull Flugtag

AFG's is classified as an airplane.

The Iranian gizmos are ekranoplanes, and rely on ground effect. They cannot climb to the altitude shown in the video above.

Dear Iran,



Yours truly,
USN

Click Click D'oh wrote:Dear Iran,



Yours truly,
USN

How much harder than an A-300 could they be?