TÉR-2500 (Pacifica)
Modern artist's illustration of the TÉR-01-SP, the only unit produced of the TÉR-2500, flying past a sailboat
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Class overview | |
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Name | TÉR-2500 |
Operators | |
In service | 1987–late 1990s |
Planned | 2 |
Building | 0 |
Completed | 1 |
Cancelled | 1 |
Active | 0 |
Lost | 0 |
Retired | 1 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | TÉR |
Type | Attack/Transport (ground effect vehicle) |
Displacement | Displacement n/a, weight 286 tonnes unloaded |
Length | 73.8 metres (242 ft) |
Beam | (Wingspan) 44 metres (144 ft) |
Height | 19.2 metres (63 ft) |
Draught | (2.5 metres or 8 feet 2 inches) |
Propulsion | 8× Kuznetsov NK-87 turbojet engines, 127.4 kN (28,600 lbf) thrust |
Speed | 297 kn (550 km/h; 342 mph) |
Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) |
Capacity | 100 tonnes (220,000 pounds) |
Complement | six officers and nine enlisted men |
Sensors and processing systems | Puluchas search radar |
Armament |
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TÉR-2500 | |
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Modern artist's illustration of the TÉR-2500 flying past a sailboat | |
Role | Ekranoplan |
National origin | The United Provinces of Rhayna, Alla-gy and Néa-gy |
Manufacturer | Ekranoplan Design Bureau |
Designer | Rostislav Alexeyev |
First flight | February 18, 1965 |
Introduction | 1964 |
Retired | 1976 (reintroduced in 2021) |
Status | Active |
Primary user | Rhaynan Navy |
Produced | 1961–1964 |
Number built | 1 |
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.