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The Beriev A-40 Albatros (also Be-42 NATO reporting name: Mermaid) was a jet-engined amphibious flying boat designed by the Beriev Aircraft Company for the anti-submarine warfare role. Intended as a replacement for the Beriev Be-12 amphibian and the land-based Ilyushin Il-38 the project was suspended after only one prototype had been manufactured with second 70% completed due to the breakup of the Soviet Union.
