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From: bxr307@csc.anu.oz
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Soviet Wing-in-Ground Effect Machine?
Message-ID: <1990Jul23.203552.8123@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 23 Jul 90 20:35:52 GMT
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From: bxr307@csc.anu.oz
In article <1990Jul18.040954.14575@cbnews.att.com>, tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (Random Dude)) writes:
: 
: In article <1990Jul16.030959.5705@cbnews.att.com> jfb@ihlpm.att.com (Joseph F Baugher) writes:
:>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". 
: 
: The October 1988 USNI Proceedings had an article about these WIG
: craft, which are also known as "CASP-A" (or more informally as the
: "Caspian Sea Monster"), because they were tested on the Caspian Sea.
: 
: 
: The article seemed to imply these things were close to deployment, but
: I have not heard anything since. 

	There was a report in a recent Jane's Soviet Intelligence that
suggested that the new Soviet seaplane which was displayed at the last Moscow
airshow might be intended as either a competitor or will be deployed instead 
of the WIG effect machines (they said they reports that the WIG machines were 
too difficult to fly and that the seaplane offerred an easier alternative and 
was cheaper.  It also possessed a better range).

Brian Ross