The Lun-class ekranoplan is the only ground effect vehicle to ever be operationally deployed as a warship, deploying in the Caspian Flotilla. It was designed by Rostislav Alexeyev in 1975 and used by
Lun-class ekranoplan MD-160 at Patriot Park, Derbent
Artist's concept of a Lun-class ekranoplan in flight.
Lun class at Kaspiysk, Russia, in 2010.
Scale model of a Lun-class ekranoplan displayed in a museum
A ground-effect vehicle, ekranoplan, wing-in-ground-effect, ground-effect craft/machine, wingship, flarecraft, or surface effect vehicle, is a hybrid surface vehicle/aircraft that makes use of wings t
Lun-class ekranoplan
…The Lun-class ekranoplan (Soviet classification: Project 903) is the only ground effect vehicle (GEV) to ever be operationally deployed as a warship, deploying in the Caspian Flotilla. It was designed by Rostislav Alexeyev in 1975 and used by the…