This footage is archival footage showing a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) approaching the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD-4) during routine operations in the Eastern Pacific. Within Western doctrine, the LCAC is not about spectacle or intimidation. It is a logistics and maneuver platform designed to compress time and distance between sea and shore. By bypassing ports and prepared beaches, LCACs enable NATO and U.S. forces to sustain tempo, flexibility, and operational surprise

45K views · 318 reactions | The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is a class of air-cushion vehicle (hovercraft) used as landing craft by the United States Navy's Assault Craft Units. | War History Online | Facebook

This is the state-of-the-art hovercraft known as the LCAC, or “Landing Craft Air Cushion”. A class of air-cushion vehicle used as landing craft by the United States Navy's Assault Craft Units and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). They can carry up to 75 tonnes of equipment over 20 miles. Their moto is “No Beach Out of Reach”. Reaf more https://wp.me/p3avY4-2qd | Military Leak

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