Japanese SDF equipment

Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Nov. 17, 2023, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) landing on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, during a drill.

Japanese SDF equipment

Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Nov. 19, 2023, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) heading to Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, during a drill.

(3)Scenes from Aceh

(3)Scenes from Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - A landing craft, air cushioned (LCAC) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force loaded with vehicles and equipment lands on the sandy beach near Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Jan. 27.

(2)Scenes from Aceh

(2)Scenes from Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - A landing craft, air cushioned (LCAC) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force loaded with vehicles and equipment comes closer to the shore near Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Jan. 27.

(3)Scenes from Aceh

(3)Scenes from Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - A landing craft, air cushioned (LCAC) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force loaded with vehicles and equipment lands on the sandy beach near Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Jan. 27. (Kyodo)

(2)Scenes from Aceh

(2)Scenes from Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - A landing craft, air cushioned (LCAC) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force loaded with vehicles and equipment comes closer to the shore near Banda Aceh in Indonesia on Jan. 27. (Kyodo)

U.S. Navy exercise in Nagasaki

U.S. Navy exercise in Nagasaki

A U.S. Navy hovercraft, known as Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), takes part in a nighttime exercise in waters off Saikai, Nagasaki Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 6, 2017. The nighttime drill was held for the second time since November, despite repeated demands by local residents for its suspension due to noise and safety concerns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. military LCAC hovercraft

U.S. military LCAC hovercraft

Photo shows a U.S. military Landing Craft Air Cushion hovercraft during night training off Saikai in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 7, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo