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US Marines to get high-speed, radar-evading electric seagliders for rescue ops

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134 points jdmark | 1 comments | 28 Mar 25 21:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.238s | source
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JR1427 ◴[01 Apr 25 12:35 UTC] No.43546020[source]▶
This is like the old Soviet Ekranoplans [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan

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EA-3167 ◴[01 Apr 25 17:46 UTC] No.43549602[source]▶
It will have many of the same issues too, common to all ground-effect sea planes, namely that wave height, rogue waves, weather conditions, and the ability of pilots to remain highly focused will be major limiting factors.
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1. m463 ◴[01 Apr 25 23:11 UTC] No.43552268[source]▶
I just wonder about the corrosion problems of an aircraft that spends all its time next to the water.

But maybe this kind of thing is made out of materials more like a surfboard than an sr-71.