A High-Tech Speedboat Gives US Navy SEALs a Stealthy New Threat
By Eric Pianin
August 4, 2017
The military is typically tightlipped about its cutting-edge weaponry, so it was a little surprising when the U.S. Central Command recently revealed that the Navy’s stealthy Combatant Craft Assault boats were operating in Middle Eastern waters.
The assault boats, seemingly ripped from the pages of a James Bond novel, are used for medium-range interdiction operations to whisk Navy SEALS and other special forces in and out of dangerous situations. With their composite hulls and high-performance diesel engines, the Combatant Craft Assault boats are designed to elude enemy surveillance.
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