Giant Military Hovercraft Lands on Crowded Beach Because Russia: In the most recent bit of Russian bizarreness, a 550-ton military hovercraft carrying sophisticated weaponry casually pulled up onto a crowded, seemingly public beach. Because, apparently, Russia wants to become Europe's own personal prison planet.
These giant Zubr vessels are purportedly the largest in their class (which consists of the world's largest hovercrafts) and—when fully loaded—can carry tanks as well as up to 400 troops. So what was it doing landing on a beach full of people? Well, uh, no one entirely seems to know.