@Sumin Hoody no doubt usa is pioneer in advancing technology. Sad media only shows abt wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but they did develop in the last 50 years tremendously
Wow. Such an interesting machine. I am a little surprised that vlad hasn’t made a museum of it. He has great emotional attachment to the glory days of the USSR.
@@champs672 LMFAOOOOOOOO Yeah he did something to compromise Russia's image to the world, now we know Russian army is rubbish and Russia is a terrorist state LMAO
There's a smaller one called the Orlyonok that might be an easier job to restore. As much as the Caspian Sea is receding, the original prototype ought to be up out of the water too.
That's just the Lun class Ekranoplan. The ACTUAL Caspian Sea Monster is still sunk at the bottom of the Caspian Sea due to a crash caused by pilot error, though its basis was used for the Lun class we see here.
At the moment, the ekranoplan is located on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Dagestan and a museum with military equipment is already being built around it. It will be restored and will be the main example of a huge museum
When Soviet Premier Nikhita Khrushchev talked about the USSR having ships which could "jump bridges". The West was baffled, since this was also during the height of the Cold War. It turned out, this beast was what he was talking about.
First time I saw anything about this mysterious and very interesting aircraft was at least a decade ago... clearly much younger than the day of his existence still impresses me even now and will still impress me!!! I'm surprised the competent authorities are letting such grandiose and clever creations rot and, as I heard from the former operator, they're going to end up in the scrap metal!!! It's really inconceivable...
Correction: The plane in the video is not the “Caspian Monster” as US military personnel nicknamed it back then. This was another slightly smaller ekranoplan built later on.
Damn, I can't believe how great the inside looks. I would love to see this thing work or even check out personally. I just ordered the 1/144 scale model so I can't wait for that to get here
Soviet could never take the fight to America. At best they could defend their land from America. As for attacking USA, that's a different matter altogether.
@@farzana6676on the contrary the mighty US of A will never dare to lock horns with Russia or China ever, the only places that US along with it's NATO allies have invaded and waged wars on so far are just some weak and poor 3RD world backwater countries of Asia, Africa, Middle East or Latin America with crumbling economy plus little to no infrastructure, those who has poorly trained small sized armed forces equipped with an obsolete/outdated military hardware, so forget it coz both Russia and China are completely out of America's league hands down.☝😏😎
I wish this could be available for commercial use. I want to travel to Europe again but my phobia of heights and enclosed places keeps me from doing it. I’d have no issue traveling in this. I’m sure many would agree.
This isn't the Caspian Sea Monster! This is the LUN class ekranoplan! The Caspian Sea Monster is the KM class, which is about 20m longer than the LUN. The KM was destroyed during testing in 1980 due to pilot error and was never recovered.
Actually there's 2 version of that, the Caspian Sea Monster has the large one without carrying Missiles, its like a Test Project and the other is Loon class was like a Final Project to carry missiles
I am from India .. I completely hail and respect the Soviet achievements in the field of technology , medication and space race . What happened in 1991 was extremely unfortunate. We indians will always be thankful to the Soviet Union and our all weather friend Russia
I had no idea anything like this exist, just came across it on twitter and had to come see how real it is. Damn, this is some great engineer at play here
Huge capacity for it's speed, hard to get detected by both sonar and radar since it fly close to the surface. And it's amphibious. Sadly, it can't be used in the ocean if there is any big waves. So while it is still useful as a landing craft and a damn good one at that, it can't be used as a combat vessel as some design intend it to be.
It does have the advantage of being a mobile platform on a large inland sea -- the Caspian Sea is basically tailor made for an Ekranoplan. Back when Iran was a US ally, the Soviet Union had serious concerns about the US staging troops across the Caspian, and using small/medium ships to attack and take Baku, cutting off oil supply and acting as a staging ground for pincer attacks against Tblisi from Turkey and amphibious attacks to create a beachhead to advance on Stalingrad/Volgograd -- essentially a more direct version of what Germany tried to do from the west with less risk of having supply lines cut off. But really an Ekranoplan could serve as a mobile weapons platform on any large body of water that's shielded from ocean waves. You could use it on the Great Lakes or San Francisco Bay, for instance. The Soviet Union could have used it as a strike force across the Mediterranean from their base in Syria as long as the weather wasn't bad. Heck even the Gulf of Mexico is calm much of the time -- they could have launched these from western Cuba to strike across the American south (though this would have been strongly limited by weather and be mostly useless during storm season).
@@NozomuYume If the Bering strait was quiet, it would be able to be a serious threat to Alaska and Canada as both combat and landing crafts. But it's always known for the stormy weather.
Good report. One thing: The "Caspian Sea Monster" was the KM Ekranoplan, which operated from 1966 to 1980 & crashed in the Caspian on a test flight. This sank soon afterwards & was never recovered (too heavy, expensive). This is the Lun Ekranoplan, the only one of its class, which was designed using many lessons from the KM. With 6x Moskit Anti Shipping Missiles along it's spine, it could move at over 300mph, which would have been a very pontent threat if it became operational. The short wings though, didn't generate much lift, so it was restricted to 2-3m above the waves. Anthing more that a little choppiness of the sea state would effectively ground the Lun. It still was a superb feat of engineering for sure. Very impressive & I'm glad this one survives.
@@udit2622 soviet was a failure so they fell, true winners come out victorous not coming out dead then the fans start making excuses of why it was great, if is was so great then it would stood still
Estoy muy feliz al ver que se acordaron de está joya, rescatan está reliquia vale la pena, Putin acuérdate de este ekranoplano no dejes que se desaparezca
If you guys want some history and accurate info about the flying boat , I recommend watching Mustard's video about ekronoplans Wich there's a chance the video is literally under the recommended of this video
An ekranoplan is not a flying boat; it's an ekranoplan. Flying boats are designed to take off from water and land on water, but in-between they leave the ground effect just like any other aircraft and climb to much higher altitudes if they wish. An ekranoplan is neither a boat (in the sense that it can be used efficiently in conventional contact with the water) nor an airplane. It uses the ground effect to skim along on a cushion of compressed air just above the surface, like an air hockey puck.
That ekranoplan is very awesome but it is not the Caspian Sea monster ( km )that was destroyed in the early 1980s the one in the film could be call a monster of the Caspian Sea
Having good interest in Aviation, I could appreciate the technology for its port to port shuttle. You can reduce the risk of accidents too. Thanks for your reporting.
i think they didn`t know caspian sea is not actually a sea,it`s a lake.that`s why they abandoned the project.the only thing that they could attack to with that monster waz themseleves.
The USSR lost to the us. Even if it comes around today it will not stand a chance to the us power, we have double their population and we are a hub for innovation.
It’s a shame such a rich country has spent its entire wealth on projects to seem bigger and stronger at an expense of quality of life and happiness of the people living there.
Amazing project love it I’m a fan of all types of technology glad to see this video it should of been taken care of no matter the history people try to paint anything into a monster god bless that men
Damn this is serious technology seeing that it was built 50 years ago
And now we have twerking women with duck lips.
Its true that war is indeed a technology development booster.
@@snuckel4 china is a good example.
@Sumin Hoody no doubt usa is pioneer in advancing technology. Sad media only shows abt wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but they did develop in the last 50 years tremendously
@Sumin Hoody half the military tech.to.countries comes from usa. Not china,Japan or Russia.nobody messes with them china comes closer though
You can see that he is so passionate because of his disappointment that it never went on full production
Caspian Sea Monster
@@theimpostor9510 Hello
@@theimpostor9510 spotted
@@e.sstudios1015 Naol
I’m disappointed too
Wow. Such an interesting machine. I am a little surprised that vlad hasn’t made a museum of it. He has great emotional attachment to the glory days of the USSR.
Very hard to maintain probably, although most other russian made equipment would say otherwise.
Because it was not successful .. he wouldn’t do anything to compromise russias image to the world
@@champs672 this comment aged like milk
@@champs672 Hahahahahahahahaha
@@champs672 LMFAOOOOOOOO Yeah he did something to compromise Russia's image to the world, now we know Russian army is rubbish and Russia is a terrorist state LMAO
I wish this great craft would be 100% fully restored to flight condition. It is a unique piece of history.
There's a smaller one called the Orlyonok that might be an easier job to restore.
As much as the Caspian Sea is receding, the original prototype ought to be up out of the water too.
yeah but who pays?
That would be scary for some countries.
I heard its being repurposed for civilian travel soon.
the one on the beach is just a fabric model
Bald and Bankrupt introduced me to this mammoth piece of technology few months back. Now DW gave me an inside tour!
Where is it
Yes
Very true. Bald and Bankrupt takes to the places which gives you a feeling of cold war Era
im sad we live in a world where much of cutting edge research can only exist because of military applications.
Internet
@@mcwally514 internet was for military application as well. It was meant to be used by the army if a nuclear war ever happened.
You know the good old proverb....
"Necessity is the mother of all inventions"
@@mcwally514 Heard of ARPANET?
Lord have mercy
That's just the Lun class Ekranoplan. The ACTUAL Caspian Sea Monster is still sunk at the bottom of the Caspian Sea due to a crash caused by pilot error, though its basis was used for the Lun class we see here.
Facts
This should be top comment
Awesome. Some talented engineers.
Its impressive after all this years the interiors are still intact
It’s only been 50 years.
@@karimaljammal4221 well still, 50 years with thief's vandals and teenagers in a public park it's impressive it's lasted so long.
@@qm230 It's on a beach in the middle of nowhere.
@@karimaljammal4221 oh I thought they said something about it being in a national park
It's been on an old base in the ocean, it broke free and beached itself while being towed to a museum, that's why you don't see any graffiti
Wow!! Didn't expect the cockpit to be so well preserved even after so many decades!!
If it's crazy then it's Soviet - the greatest machines ever built including the AN-225.
This needs to be preserved in a museum
At the moment, the ekranoplan is located on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Dagestan and a museum with military equipment is already being built around it. It will be restored and will be the main example of a huge museum
@@umenyanetugood to hear, it’s a cool plane, maybe not the most useful but still very cool nonetheless
When Soviet Premier Nikhita Khrushchev talked about the USSR having ships which could "jump bridges". The West was baffled, since this was also during the height of the Cold War. It turned out, this beast was what he was talking about.
Soviet Russia will always be remembered as a legendary military power.
Not only that. There wasn’t much racism or sexism.
@@XD-qx6sq ☝️☝️☝️😂😂😂
@Ahmed.996 Asir compare to what we have now. Yeah, that’s definitely not much. Especially that you get prosecuted for radical quickly.
@Ahmed.996 Asir 😂😂
@Din Joekhannaz how do you know?
This is actually a Lun class ekranoplan. The caspian sea monster was larger and to a different design.
First time I saw anything about this mysterious and very interesting aircraft was at least a decade ago... clearly much younger than the day of his existence still impresses me even now and will still impress me!!! I'm surprised the competent authorities are letting such grandiose and clever creations rot and, as I heard from the former operator, they're going to end up in the scrap metal!!! It's really inconceivable...
It's not an aircraft. It's an Ekranoplan.
Now it's like a sleeping monster.
Be careful, these ideas are still ready to be awaken by "commrades"
Not a monster its beautiful
Correction: The plane in the video is not the “Caspian Monster” as US military personnel nicknamed it back then. This was another slightly smaller ekranoplan built later on.
The ekranoplans big disadvantage was its dependancy on smooth weather conditions
And also hard to go left or right
Why hasn't Russia put this in a museum yet?
The answer is at 3:35....
Damn, I can't believe how great the inside looks. I would love to see this thing work or even check out personally. I just ordered the 1/144 scale model so I can't wait for that to get here
This plans looks like those invading DC, NYC, and SF in Res Alert 😂😂 they only need to add “Kirov reporting” lol
Soviet could never take the fight to America. At best they could defend their land from America.
As for attacking USA, that's a different matter altogether.
You should watch how they are used in world in conflict
You mean Red Alert?
@@farzana6676on the contrary the mighty US of A will never dare to lock horns with Russia or China ever, the only places that US along with it's NATO allies have invaded and waged wars on so far are just some weak and poor 3RD world backwater countries of Asia, Africa, Middle East or Latin America with crumbling economy plus little to no infrastructure, those who has poorly trained small sized armed forces equipped with an obsolete/outdated military hardware, so forget it coz both Russia and China are completely out of America's league hands down.☝😏😎
@@majornukehazard1989 Lool, now tell us which major country was invaded by Russia or China? 😂😂😂
I wish this could be available for commercial use. I want to travel to Europe again but my phobia of heights and enclosed places keeps me from doing it. I’d have no issue traveling in this. I’m sure many would agree.
This isn't the Caspian Sea Monster! This is the LUN class ekranoplan! The Caspian Sea Monster is the KM class, which is about 20m longer than the LUN. The KM was destroyed during testing in 1980 due to pilot error and was never recovered.
Actually there's 2 version of that, the Caspian Sea Monster has the large one without carrying Missiles, its like a Test Project and the other is Loon class was like a Final Project to carry missiles
Should be used in the next fast and furious movie or maybe Transformers
Oh that's a sleeping Autobot for sure
No
The thing is I wouldn’t be surprised if this were on a fast and furious movie
Please. Those are trash movies.
This should sit near the TU-144 and Concorde at the Technikmuseum Sinsheim.
I am from India .. I completely hail and respect the Soviet achievements in the field of technology , medication and space race . What happened in 1991 was extremely unfortunate. We indians will always be thankful to the Soviet Union and our all weather friend Russia
Respectively good
I had no idea anything like this exist, just came across it on twitter and had to come see how real it is. Damn, this is some great engineer at play here
That is a good man, we need more men like this today.
Check out BALD AND BANKRUPT's clip on this.
Was checking the comments to see if someone was gonna mention him haha nice
That's a great journey by Mr. Bald...
I was gonna say, anyone else see this on bald and bankrupt? Haha
@@sulil1938 me too
I like to see its revival.
Someone call Harrison Ford he loves airplanes. tell him THIS BELONGS IN A MUSEUM
Huge capacity for it's speed, hard to get detected by both sonar and radar since it fly close to the surface. And it's amphibious. Sadly, it can't be used in the ocean if there is any big waves. So while it is still useful as a landing craft and a damn good one at that, it can't be used as a combat vessel as some design intend it to be.
It does have the advantage of being a mobile platform on a large inland sea -- the Caspian Sea is basically tailor made for an Ekranoplan. Back when Iran was a US ally, the Soviet Union had serious concerns about the US staging troops across the Caspian, and using small/medium ships to attack and take Baku, cutting off oil supply and acting as a staging ground for pincer attacks against Tblisi from Turkey and amphibious attacks to create a beachhead to advance on Stalingrad/Volgograd -- essentially a more direct version of what Germany tried to do from the west with less risk of having supply lines cut off.
But really an Ekranoplan could serve as a mobile weapons platform on any large body of water that's shielded from ocean waves. You could use it on the Great Lakes or San Francisco Bay, for instance. The Soviet Union could have used it as a strike force across the Mediterranean from their base in Syria as long as the weather wasn't bad.
Heck even the Gulf of Mexico is calm much of the time -- they could have launched these from western Cuba to strike across the American south (though this would have been strongly limited by weather and be mostly useless during storm season).
@@NozomuYume If the Bering strait was quiet, it would be able to be a serious threat to Alaska and Canada as both combat and landing crafts. But it's always known for the stormy weather.
Yes it would not be picked by air radar or sonar but ant standard ship radar would detect it..
This is not the Caspian Sea Monster. This is a later Ekranoplan of the "Lun" Class.
What a magnificent creation!
Should be in a museum. Give it to the Smithsonian and it will be at the Udvar Hazy anex for everyone to admire
That would be awesome! Too bad it isn't likely...
Impressive. It should be in a museum
SO SHOULD YOU!
Good report.
One thing: The "Caspian Sea Monster" was the KM Ekranoplan, which operated from 1966 to 1980 & crashed in the Caspian on a test flight. This sank soon afterwards & was never recovered (too heavy, expensive).
This is the Lun Ekranoplan, the only one of its class, which was designed using many lessons from the KM. With 6x Moskit Anti Shipping Missiles along it's spine, it could move at over 300mph, which would have been a very pontent threat if it became operational.
The short wings though, didn't generate much lift, so it was restricted to 2-3m above the waves. Anthing more that a little choppiness of the sea state would effectively ground the Lun. It still was a superb feat of engineering for sure. Very impressive & I'm glad this one survives.
who knew monsters could be beautifull this is amazing to look at...looks like a floatzilla
Wow, I didn't expect that breakthrough!
Good to hear they're building a park with it as its star exhibit. Should help preserve it for a bit longer.
Thats the Lun - the Caspian Sea Monster was the KM witch was larger and faster!!!
That one Mustard video about this plane:
I'm 4 parallel universes ahead of you
This plane dosnt deserve to be sent to a museum...it deserves a museum to be built around it
I love this amazing CCCP machine.
Soviet union was so strong in all fronts,but memories are on the wall now 😥
Not strong enough to beat America
Too weak for America.
@@CleansedRue Nope Soviet Union was stronger than United States, Europe and China convide and US knew that perfectly
The almighty power was destroyed by a pro-US puppet Gorbechev and Yeltsin
@@natureblank1401 sure it was. Why is it so pitifully weak right now? Russia has a gdp smaller than Texas lmaoooo
That is freaking awsome!!
This guy is a certified legend
Looks beautiful😍😍😍😍😍😍
This is a Great Documentary.
They need to make it a museum its beautiful
Fascinating! I first came across this Soviet era marvel from one of the Bald and Bankrupt videos. 👌🏻
Russia was well ahead of their time. Their hardworking spirit and innovative mind gave the world So much positive achievements
Yet everything was overshadowed by negative achievements.
nothing you said here was true not even one sentence
@@starboysuniverse9956 Which country is first in every case-Sending Satellite, Sending man, Sending woman?
@@udit2622 soviet was a failure so they fell, true winners come out victorous not coming out dead then the fans start making excuses of why it was great, if is was so great then it would stood still
@@starboysuniverse9956 I didn't make a political statement.I praised their innovative mind.
Well done , keep it up, we can made more flighter flight for us ! Thank you 😊 !
50 years later : Flying submarine
What a beautiful thing ! It look so badass
Estoy muy feliz al ver que se acordaron de está joya, rescatan está reliquia vale la pena, Putin acuérdate de este ekranoplano no dejes que se desaparezca
If you guys want some history and accurate info about the flying boat , I recommend watching Mustard's video about ekronoplans Wich there's a chance the video is literally under the recommended of this video
you nailed the algo...
An ekranoplan is not a flying boat; it's an ekranoplan. Flying boats are designed to take off from water and land on water, but in-between they leave the ground effect just like any other aircraft and climb to much higher altitudes if they wish. An ekranoplan is neither a boat (in the sense that it can be used efficiently in conventional contact with the water) nor an airplane. It uses the ground effect to skim along on a cushion of compressed air just above the surface, like an air hockey puck.
That ekranoplan is very awesome but it is not the Caspian Sea monster ( km )that was destroyed in the early 1980s the one in the film could be call a monster of the Caspian Sea
The USA: We have the best technology
Russia: BLYAT
Having good interest in Aviation, I could appreciate the technology for its port to port shuttle. You can reduce the risk of accidents too. Thanks for your reporting.
Definitely the ultimate will it start challenge but real talk it's an absolute beast of boat plane
The Caspian sea monster crashed in 1980 - This is a Lun class much more advanced and recent.
Looks like something a Mandalorian will fly.
i think they didn`t know caspian sea is not actually a sea,it`s a lake.that`s why they abandoned the project.the only thing that they could attack to with that monster waz themseleves.
Little did he knows that such craft will break to pieces by big wave hitting from bottom at high speed.
It's technological wonders like this that make me wish that the USSR was still around to give the US a run for its money.
The USSR lost to the us. Even if it comes around today it will not stand a chance to the us power, we have double their population and we are a hub for innovation.
@@cuddlemuffin.9545 US has double the population of Russia, Not the USSR.
Would be great to see more interviews and footage. Many thanks for this article.
OUR boat.
How many engines do you want?
Soviet comrade : Да
🤣😂
Tech like this is before our time.
It is a shame that the Russian government don't fund for its restoration as it is such a wonderful engineering achievement.
This thing is terrifying.
Wait. This video posted in May 9? Wow that's my birthday May 9 Epic oWo
Apparently it’s back looking almost brand new
Beat up leather jacket, old rusty airplane
Classic vintage 💙
Nothing can beat Russian military tech.❤️👌
Yes it's doing so well in Ukraine
@@gregjohnson2073
+40 countries
LOL
This is not "Caspian Sea Monster", this is Ekranoplan Sun' (Лунь). KM (Korabl Maket), was crashed unfortunately, and it looked differently.
Lun, actually.
Sovjet things always look weird. Like its made of scrap such as weapons in Fallout
As an American, I respect Russians. Met, befriended and even dated (one). Good people!
Kkj
Dam that was a game changer wow..America needs that plane
It’s a shame such a rich country has spent its entire wealth on projects to seem bigger and stronger at an expense of quality of life and happiness of the people living there.
Soviet engineers were something else
Thing looks terrifying
"Products" Yeah, okay.
Amazing project love it I’m a fan of all types of technology glad to see this video it should of been taken care of no matter the history people try to paint anything into a monster god bless that men
Modern Warships Brought me here
We want a documentary about this video 😶
I guess its safe to say that the project never really took off ;)
Hahaha
Fantastic Video. All Should watch and appreciate. God Bless You. Thank You.
Why is this not in a museum?!
It was being towed to a museum when it broke free and beached itself
“It was designed to carry passengers”
*cuts to the 6 icbms welded on top
This is an Orlyonok Lun, not the Caspian Seamonster. That was the much bigger 'Korabl Maket'.
This is not the Caspian Sea monster, but cool anyway
This could be a game changer
this belongs in a museum!! or it will be lost to history
It has those Alient acient tech vibes all over it.
I've seen this some time ago on Bald and Bankrupt.