Hovercraft
Russia

The Soviet Union was the world's largest developer of military hovercraft. Their designs range from the small Czilim-class hovercraft, comparable to the SR.N6, to the monstrous Zubr -class landing craft, the world's largest hovercraft. The Soviet Union was also one of the first nations to use a hovercraft, the Bora, as a guided missile corvette, though it is more properly classified as a surface effect ship because it has rigid, non-inflatable sides. With the fall of the Soviet Union, most Soviet military hovercraft fell into disuse and disrepair. Only recently has the modern Russian Navy begun building new classes of military hovercraft.
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