A new type of hovercraft appears to have been integrated into the exercise. The image below shows an image of this possible new hovercraft. It has a two-engine configuration, which is similar to the Type 726/A, but is smaller than its predecessors, the Type 728 (57.3 x 25.6 m) and 726/A (33 x 16.8 m). To the authors’ best knowledge, this is the first documented observation of this new hovercraft taking part in an amphibious exercise. None of the subsequent commercially available images of the 2025 August exercise captured the hovercraft’s further participation. The new hovercraft was likely used to haul light equipment or to ferry personnel for the floating causeway.
