The Soviet Superplane That Rattled America

Be one of the first 500 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your subscription with Brilliant.org! https://brilliant.org/realengineering/ New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3027v8KjpaDtDx-g Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2825050&ty=h Facebook: http://facebook.com/realengineering1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianjamesmcmanus Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEngineering/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebrianmcmanus Discord: https://discord.gg/s8BhkmN Get your Real Engineering shirts at: https://standard.tv/collections/real-engineering Credits: Script Editor/Narrator: Brian McManus Writer: Primal Space: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClZbmi9JzfnB2CEb0fG8iew Editor: Stephanie Sammann (https://www.stephanie-sammann.com/) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Animator: Chris Tierney (http://www.earthboundfilm.co/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster https://twitter.com/forgottentowel References: [1] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/22/caspian_sea_monster/ [2] https://rtd.rt.com/stories/caspian-monster-ekranoplan-vessel/ [3] https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/BGP/Donna/t_w_ratio_answers.htm [4] https://rtd.rt.com/stories/caspian-monster-ekranoplan-vessel/ [5] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/22/caspian_sea_monster/ [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan [7] https://www.businessinsider.com/the-soviet-unions-lun-class-ekanoplane-is-the-biggest-ground-effect-vehicle-ever-2014-7?r=US&IR=T#the-missiles-were-mounted-in-pairs-on-the-top-of-the-vehicles-hull-7 [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFB_X-114 [9] https://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2002/september/i_pw.html [10] http://bit.ly/2XkZ4vM [11] https://disciplesofflight.com/a-90-orlyonok-ekranoplan/ [12] https://twitter.com/EmbassyofRussia/status/900273238743195649 [13] http://bit.ly/2XqM0oA Thank you to AP Archive for access to their archival footage. Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Songs: Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, Henning Basma, Hank Green, William Leu, Tristan Edwards, Ken Coltan, Andrew McCorkell, Ian Dundore, John & Becki Johnston. Nevin Spoljaric, Jason Clark, Devin Rathbun, Thomas Barth, Paulo Toyosi Toda Nishimura