And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, February 21, 2022
The worlds biggest hovercraft - The Russian Zubr class
Apparently spares are difficult, and replacement engines among other spares contributed to Russia scrapping the other five they once had.
China may be building their own engines and parts, as they built half of the four in their fleet.
"Pomornik" is the NATO name and the one pictured is the "Evgeniy Kocheshkov," one of the two Russian Navy's remaining examples. It is over 30 years old.
I wish the Soviets got further along on the 'Caspian Sea Monster' wing-in-ground-effect aircraft. The US could use a few and would have been able to piggy-back on their development post-USSR. https://airpowerasia.com/2020/12/26/wing-in-ground-effect-flight-in-an-ekranoplan/
Just a bigger target.
ReplyDeleteAnd still, no American could hit it. Reality.
DeleteRussia has two. Greece and China have four each.
ReplyDeleteApparently spares are difficult, and replacement engines among other spares contributed to Russia scrapping the other five they once had.
China may be building their own engines and parts, as they built half of the four in their fleet.
"Pomornik" is the NATO name and the one pictured is the "Evgeniy Kocheshkov," one of the two Russian Navy's remaining examples. It is over 30 years old.
Things are looking up though, since high-spec Russian military jet engines are manufactured in eastern Ukraine.....
DeleteNot for some time now. All Russian engines are home made.
Deletehttps://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1198406028146163713.html
Delete"Motor Sich engines power an estimated 80% of Russian-built helicopters, including:
Mil Mi-2
Mil Mi-8/17 and variants
Mil Mi-24 (in the Hind F configuration)
There are many others, but these are the critical ones."
I wish the Soviets got further along on the 'Caspian Sea Monster' wing-in-ground-effect aircraft. The US could use a few and would have been able to piggy-back on their development post-USSR.
ReplyDeletehttps://airpowerasia.com/2020/12/26/wing-in-ground-effect-flight-in-an-ekranoplan/
BTW https://youtu.be/jzv-MnTKfdM about one minute in, shows one in action and offloading.
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