The plane named MD-160 is dubbed the Caspian Sea Monster by the CIA.
Dream - During the Cold War era, Russia, still known as the Soviet Union, developed many military technologies to balance the power of the United States (US). One of them is a giant, peculiar aircraft that was nicknamed the Caspian Sea Monster by the US intelligence agency, the CIA.
However, the aircraft with the name MD-160 has a tragic fate. Now, this type of ekranoplan aircraft is abandoned on the beach. In fact, this aircraft that flies using surface skimming technology used to make the US shudder in fear.
MD-160 is a watercraft that is a combination or hybrid of a ship and an aircraft. This hybrid aircraft was designed in 1975 and was used by the Soviet Navy and Russia from 1987 during the final stages of the Cold War. However, the aircraft was retired in the late 90s and was left abandoned by Russia at the unused Kaspiysk Naval Base.
In 2020, MD-160 was withdrawn from storage and transported across the Caspian Sea towards Derbent, Dagestan. After a 14-hour sea journey, the aircraft was supposed to end up at Patriot Park as a tourist attraction.
However, this larger aircraft than the Boeing 747 is instead trapped in the sand dunes of the beach and left abandoned until now.
MD-160 is a Lun-class ekranoplan and one of the last classes of the Soviet Union's GEV (ground effect vehicle) program. This combination of a ship and an aircraft has a length of over 70 meters and a height of almost 20 meters. It weighs up to 380 tons.
Dubbed the Caspian Sea Monster, MD-160 uses GEV technology that enables it to glide above the water surface without touching it. The Soviet Union developed it since 1966 as a combat vehicle on water that is difficult to detect by enemy radar.
With a maximum speed of 550 km/h, this airship can fly up to a height of 3-5 meters above the water surface. Due to its design to hover above the water surface, MD-160 cannot fly high despite its resemblance to an airplane.
Although so, this combat vehicle is greatly feared by the US because it is equipped with six anti-ship missiles P-270 Moskit. The missiles are placed in launchers located on the top of the MD-160 aircraft body.
"Once fired, the Moskit missile is capable of reaching twice the speed of sound with a range of up to 120 km. Due to its unique technology and design, the CIA conducted in-depth research to uncover the secrets of the MD-160."
The following HTML tags will be preserved in the translation: 1. `` - bold text 2. `` - italicized text Translated text: Temuan CIA menggunakan citra satelit dan dokumen rahasia, terungkap jika MD-160 adalah bagian proyek kendaraan tempur wing-in-ground-effect (WIG). "WIG kelas Utka adalah kendaraan tempur taktis dan pertahanan pantai AL Soviet. Ia membawa enam rudal jelajah anti-kapal supersonik SS-N-22."
"Utka can target enemy ships through its radar line (approximately 35 kilometers/22 miles). However, it can launch SS-N-22 missiles within a range of 100 kilometers (62 miles) using its over-the-horizon radar data."
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