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China Resurrected an Abandoned Soviet ‘Sea Monster’ That’s Part Airplane, Part Hovercraft

The Soviet Union's wildest aircraft just got a second life in China.

byTibi Puiu

 June 30, 2025

 Edited and reviewed by Zoe Gordon

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This 4-engined Ekranoplan (Wings in Ground Effect – WIGE) aircraft was recently spotted in China. The distinctive tail arrangement is typical of some previous Chinese types. Credit: NavalNews.

A grainy photograph posted to Chinese social media this month revealed what defense watchers believe to be the most ambitious ekranoplan built in decades. The aircraft — nicknamed the “Bohai Sea Monster” — was spotted in the background of an undisclosed Chinese coastal facility.

Analysts say it marks the largest leap in wing-in-ground effect (WIGE) aircraft design since the Cold War, when the Soviet Union terrified NATO with monstrous ground-effect warships roaring just meters above the Caspian Sea.

Now, China appears to have resurrected that phantom.