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
The P-270 Moskit is a Soviet supersonic ramjet powered anti-ship cruise missile. Its GRAU designation is 3M80, air launched variant is the Kh-41 and its NATO reporting name is SS-N-22 Sunburn. The mis
Lun-class ekranoplan
…provide a "step" for takeoff. It had a maximum cruising speed of 550 kilometres per hour (340 mph). Equipped for anti-surface warfare, it carried the P-270 Moskit (Mosquito) guided missile. Six missile launchers were mounted in pairs on the dorsal surface of its fuselage with advanced tracking systems mounted in…
3M80E Moskit SS N 22 Sunburn at ARMY 2022
A ship of the Pacific Fleet fires Moskit cruise missiles in the Sea of Japan, 2019.