Very interesting DARPA is looking into in a modern version! I always thought, if nothing else, ekranoplan look incredible and somewhat other-worldly. Thankfully the DARPA project renderings don’t seem less weird.

Recently a Lun-class ekranoplan was stranded during a towing operation which left it open to urban explorers who took some photos, including of the inside: https://www.rferl.org/a/photographer-sneaks-inside-the-legen...