Russian Navy Hovercraft Lands On Busy Beach

Military claims landing was part of tactical exercises on government beach that should have been off-limits; no injuries were reported”The government claims it was nothing out of the ordinary: that it was merely participating in maneuvers on a government-owned beach.

The description beneath the video states that a spokesman from the Defense Ministry told the local newspaper, Komsomolskaya Pravda, that the beach should have been off-limits to the public.

“Docking at the beach … is a normal event,” the spokesman said. “What people were doing at the beach on the territory of a military (base) is unclear.”
The Zubr-class hovercraft carries sophisticated weapons systems and can carry tanks and as many as 400 troops.”