TÉR-2500 (Pacifica)

Modern artist's illustration of the TÉR-01-SP, the only unit produced of the TÉR-2500, flying past a sailboat
Class overview
Name	TÉR-2500
Builders	Ekranoplan Design Bureau Hristos Cosmakis
Operators	Rhaynan Navy
In service	1964–1976 (reintroduced in 2021)
Planned	1
Building	0
Completed	1
Cancelled	0
Active	1
Laid up	0
Lost	0
Retired	0
Preserved	0
General characteristics
Class and type	TÉR
Type	Attack/Transport (ground effect vehicle)
Displacement	Displacement n/a, weight 406.5 tonnes unloaded
Length	104.9 metres (344 ft)
Beam	(Wing area) 883.1 square metres (9,506 sq ft)
Height	27.3 metres (90 ft)
Draught	(2.5 metres or 8 feet 2 inches)
Propulsion	8× Titos Kairelis MA-45 turbojet engines, 181.1 kN (40,700 lbf) thrust
Speed	297 kn (550 km/h; 342 mph)
Range	1,421.3 nmi (2,632.2 km; 1,635.6 mi)
Capacity	140 tonnes
Complement	six officers and nine enlisted men
Armament	Six fixed-elevation A-210 Patrída antiship missile launchers 4 × 23 mm IT-10 turrets (2 x 2, 2,400 rounds)

The TÉR-2500 (Téras-2500) (Aegean: Τέρας-2500, literally "Monster" in aegean), known colloquially as the White Doom, it's the first ground effect vehicle developed by Rhayna in the 1960s by the Ekranoplan Design Bureau, The TÉR-2500 was tested weekly by the Rhaynan Navy in secrecy until 1976, when it was retired due to highly expensive maintenance routines and lack of situations where its intervention was necessary.

It flies using lift generated by the ground effect acting on its large wings when within about five meters (16.4 ft) above the surface of the water. Although they might look similar to traditional aircraft, ekranoplans like the TÉR-2500 are not classified as aircraft, seaplanes, hovercraft, or hydrofoils. Rather, crafts like the TÉR-2500 ekranoplan are classified as maritime ships by the International Maritime Organization due to their use of the ground effect, in which the craft glides just above the surface of the water.

The ground effect occurs when flying at an altitude of only a few meters above the ocean or ground; drag is greatly reduced by the proximity of the ground preventing the formation of wingtip vortices, thus increasing the efficiency of the wing. This effect does not occur at high altitude.

Current operators

UPRAN 

• Rhaynan Navy

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 15 (6 officers, 9 enlisted)
• Capacity: 140 tonnes
• Length: 104.9 metres (344 ft)
• Wingspan: 77.2 metres (253 ft)
• Height: 27.3 metres (90 ft)
• Wing area: 883.1 square metres (9,506 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 406.5 tonnes
• Max takeoff weight: 546.5 tonnes
• Powerplant: 8 × Titos Kairelis MA-45 turbofans, 181.1 kN (40,700 lbf) thrust each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 550 km/h (340 mph; 300 kn)
• Cruise speed: 450 km/h (280 mph; 240 kn) at 3 metres (9.8 ft)
• Range: 2,632.2 km (1,635.6 mi; 1,421.3 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 5.3 metres (17 ft) in ground effect

Armament

• Guns: four 23 mm IT-10 turrets (2 x 2, 2,400 rounds)
• Missiles: six launchers for fixed-elevation A-210 Patrída antiship missiles