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KLM Airlines Boeing plane skids off runway in Norway after hydraulic failure forces emergency landing: ‘A loud noise was heard’
The emergency landing in Norway is just one in a slew of airplane disasters this week alone. Also on Saturday, a plane landing in South Korea slid off the runway and exploded , killing 181 and ...
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US Navy's unstoppable LCAC hovercraft
More from our close-up look at the LCAC here. Produced by Justin Gmoser Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from Military & Defense The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is an absolute unstoppable ...
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China’s New Cruise Ships Are An Overlooked Amphibious Assault Challenge
In fact, we’ve reached the point where modern lifeboats can meet—and even beat—the performance of dedicated modern-day military landing craft. America’s Wasp-class big-deck amphibious ...
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Rolls-Royce Secures $167M Navy Contract to Support SSC Craft
Learn about Rolls-Royce receiving a $167.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the Ship to Shore Connector Program ...
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How an often overlooked World War II-era shipbuilder designed the boat that Eisenhower said 'won the war for us'
A day after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, New Orleans-based shipbuilder Andrew Higgins filed an idea with the US Patent Office for a landing craft that could transport US soldiers from ...