It flew just above the water - too low for radar, too fast for torpedoes. The Soviet Union’s ekranoplan aircraft carriers were part warship, part plane, and all terror. Capable of launching missiles ...

Nicknamed the "Caspian Sea Monster," the Ekranoplan was one of the boldest Soviet engineering feats of the 20th century. Designed as a high-speed troop and missile carrier skimming just meters above ...

Turkey has been constantly introducing some of the most powerful and cutting-edge weapons. Its latest weapon is very similar ...

Russia sought to do this naval drill primarily to show it is still interested in joint cooperation with Iran. Iran and Russia began the CASAREX 2025 naval drill on Monday, held in the Caspian Sea ...

Energy and trade on the Caspian Sea remain very important for the region's, and even the world's, growth and prosperity.

Kazakhstan’s crude oil shipments through Russian Black Sea ports continue uninterrupted after a new decree required FSB security service authorization for foreign ships.

The Ekranoplan or the “Caspian Sea Monster” ultimately proved too difficult to make practical for the Soviet Navy.

Russia on Wednesday began major navy drills involving more than 150 vessels and 15,000 military personnel in the Pacific and Arctic oceans and in the Baltic and Caspian seas, the defence ministry ...

Iran and Russia have launched a joint naval drill in the Caspian Sea, which borders both countries and lies between Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to Iranian media.

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, many thought the battle for the Black Sea was a foregone conclusion. Ukraine's minuscule navy was merely a remnant of its split with Moscow, when Ukraine ended ...

The Russian Navy’s rescue and tug vessel Professor Nikolay Muru has arrived in Iran’s territorial waters for the joint naval drills dubbed CASAREX 2025 in the south of the Caspian Sea, the ...

Front runners have emerged in the competition for two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) tenders at the Kalamkas-Khazar oil development project in the Caspian Sea offshore Kazakhstan ...