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Lun-class ekranoplan (ground effect vehicle) from 1987
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Would be interesting to see how that thing would fare in a modern war. On the one hand, it can deliver a shit ton of missiles very quickly. On the other hand it has a radar echo like, well, nothing like it I guess, and it certainly flies slower than any missile.
I would guess that it would survive about as long as it would take a $200 fpv drone to collide with one of the engine arrays. Then nautical drones would do their thing to turn it into an artificial reef.
In flight it's way faster than any FPV or naval drone.
Sure, in a dead heat and as long as there aren't any big waves. Also, you do realize that it's possible to attack this thing from other directions than directly behind it while it's at full speed, right?
If you attack it head on you have a very short window of opportunity before it's past you and if you try from the side you'll have to be really really good at geometry. And that thing won't go in a straight line while it's in enemy range.
So, you have to be accurate. Like we've been doing for hundreds of years with projectiles, even non-guided ones. Check.
So... good like as in a computer doing the math? Check.
Bad news friend, they can't turn for shit due to ground effect, and they can't ascend or descend either. There's a reason these things were immediately abandoned as a viable concept after only 3 years in operation and without seeing any combat.