Not to mention that those hovercraft float 7 feet over water mines, as opposed to boats that have hulls many feet into the waters. The Iranians spent the last 30 years setting up these traps that are basically negated by bringing in the hovercraft that can float 40mph right over them carrying 100 tons of cargo each. Now we have the hard hitting A-10s, Apaches, and heavy armor which we wouldn't of had, had the US Ford remained. It had to be this way.