IR. Iran mass produces ekranoplans

Ekranplans or ground effect vehicles are sea skimmers that fly above the sea surface and can reach to twice the speed of an average speed boat while avoiding rough seas. The defense minister, Gen. Vahidi, informed of equipping these ekranoplans with guided anti-ship missiles and unguided rockets in the near future. the tactical advantage that ekranoplans have is that because they operate in a space envelope between a boat and an airplane they are hard to detect using surveillance radars that are usually d