China Building Giant Hovercraft to Invade Taiwan’s Beaches

We look at the capabilities and vulnerabilities of China’s growing fleet of military hovercraft that are designed to carry invasion forces to beaches Analysts say at least two new hulls of Chinese-owned giant Zubr-class hovercraft have recently appeared in social media imagery, putting the PLA’s total now at a minimum of six vessels. China previously had bought two of these Soviet-era vessels directly from Ukraine, and these were delivered by 2014. China then built two copies of these, with the PLA taking delivery in 2018. From then on production appeared to have stopped, so it is significant that China now…