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From: jfb@ihlpm.att.com (Joseph F Baugher)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Soviet Wing-in-Ground Effect Machine?
Keywords: Wing in Ground Effect Machine, Orlan, Soviet
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Date: 16 Jul 90 03:09:59 GMT
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From: jfb@ihlpm.att.com (Joseph F Baugher)

A couple of years ago, a rather intriguing drawing appeared in "Soviet Military
Power".  It was a picture of a Soviet Wing-In-Ground (WIG) effects machine 
given the NATO code name "Orlan".  It looked like a gigantic seaplane, but with
a low-mounted stubby "wing" and a high-mounted tail with a large turboprop
at the top.  This thing seems to be intended primarily for antisubmarine
warfare and is supposedly armed with antiship missiles.  Subsequent to the
publication of this drawing, I haven't heard anything further about this 
craft.  Does anyone who reads sci.military know anything more about "Orlan",
or even if it actually exists?


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