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It was like a scene straight out of a James Bond movie. The Monday morning crowd at Rushikonda Beach were puzzled to see a ‘strange-looking ship’ approaching the beach menacingly.

Water jets gushed out like fountains from the sides of the vessel, and as it halted, it raised a cloud of dust blocking the onlookers’ view. They watched in awe as the Coast Guard personnel told them it was a ‘hovercraft’, which beached at Rushikonda on its way to Haldia port.

“It’s an 8,000 TD series hovercraft built in the United Kingdom (UK). It has two engines and can attain a speed of around 50 knots. The hovercraft, brought by a ship to Chennai, will be based in Haldia,” Commandant Sailesh Gupta, pilot of the hovercraft, said.

“During natural calamities near Sunderbans, the villagers remain confined to their homes making the rescue operation difficult. The hovercraft, which can move in shallow waters and even in marshy lands, is useful in reaching out to them and undertaking rescue operations,” Commandant Gupta said.

“We are making efforts to procure a hovercraft for Visakhapatnam Coast Guard base. The Indian Coast Guard has 12 hovercrafts and they are operated in shallow and strategically important areas,” Commander M.A. Talha, Deputy Inspector General, Coast Guard District, told The Hindu.

It will leave Visakhapatnam coast on Tuesday morning to join the fleet of other crafts for strengthening surveillance on the eastern front of Sandhead and Sunderbans.

Coast Guard hovercraft enthrals Rushikonda beach visitors - The Hindu
 
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Cwe are making big ships like AC's subs.can't we make hovercraft??
 
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on topic: i think china bought some hovercraft from Ukraine with tot for cheap prices...
we should buy from them...
they play vital role in disaster management...


we have a house near diamond park...but im in delhi for 6months nw...will be home soon :)

First Ukraine built Zubr class LCAC officially delivered to Chinese Navy (PLAN)
hovercrafts are not very feasible solution for naval operations.their skirts are vulnerable.but they're great for coast guard..construction of a hover craft is not very complex subject.its just that we do not prioritize to allocate sufficient resources for the project.
 
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Looks like many from AP on this forum:)
you guys should join us for the next meet we have in HYD.
 
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Looks like many from AP on this forum:)
you guys should join us for the next meet we have in HYD.
sure!!
do we have any corner' in members section :D

hovercrafts are not very feasible solution for naval operations.their skirts are vulnerable.but they're great for coast guard..construction of a hover craft is not very complex subject.its just that we do not prioritize to allocate sufficient resources for the project.
i think ukraine will be willing to sell us with tot...

hovercrafts are not very feasible solution for naval operations.their skirts are vulnerable.but they're great for coast guard..construction of a hover craft is not very complex subject.its just that we do not prioritize to allocate sufficient resources for the project.
i think ukraine will be willing to sell us with tot...
 
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PDF member
That might blow up the cover...
Create a AP corner in Members section
PDF members here have already met up twice before and we went for dinner and drinks , there is a thread about a pdf meet in hyd . search it . :)
 
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