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Re:The ‘Caspian Sea Monster’ rises from the grave by arethuza on Friday October 23, 2020 @06:27AM (#24867923)
Charlie Stross has an interesting story, Missile Gap where nuclear powered ekranoplans are used for long range exploration of "Earth":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Gap

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Re:The ‘Caspian Sea Monster’ rises from the grave by mapt on Friday October 23, 2020 @09:03AM (#24869018)
And it's an excellent match for this technology, because of the lower power-to-weight ratio sensitivity in ground effect.
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