China’s PLA Navy Gets an LCAC -- Defense Tech
Well look at that, the Chinese navy has got itself a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC). More photos of new additions to China’s growing fleet at Information Dissemination. If China is serious about building an amphibious warfare capability, I’d be curious to know what their answer is to the anti-access challenge. My guess is they don’t have one. Precision guided weapons work both ways, of course, and our battle networks are pretty good at long-range targeting.
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