Swedish outfit Candela has just announced the launch of its new electric hydrofoil boat – Candela C-8. Designed for mass production, the new C-8 glides above the water at incredible speeds, all without making a sound. Building upon its predecessor, the boat is described as an "iPhone moment for boats."
Since summer is here, hydrofoils are already spiking up in sales all over the world. This "flying boat" from Swedish boat-builder Candela is already making waves with barely touching the water. So if you want to have the best of both worlds, this is going to be right up your alley, or dock in this case.
from portsmouth, our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. this morning, the longest serving monarch arrived on britain s largest warship. hms queen elizabeth, stand at ease. two queen elizabeths her majesty bidding farewell to the crew of the aircraft carrier she named and commissioned, about to sail east halfway round the world. moored alongside, an american destroyer, one of six warships that ll accompany her to the pacific. the navy says it s the most powerful uk maritime deployment in a generation, and the embodiment of global britain. so, this is a tangible expression of how the country can go out into the world, and so we have a fantastic new capability, and when we deploy, it speaks to our values, our interests, what we stand for. the carrier s already been training
here in the arctic and essentially revolves around three different things. on the one hand a very strong military and then dominating the northern sea route and also tapping and exploiting natural resources. and russia is warning the u.s. and its allies not to mess with that plan. translator: it has been absolutely clear for everyone for a long time that this is our territory. this is our land, and we are responsible for our arctic coast to be safe. everything that our country does there is absolutely legitimate. reporter: rhetoric that increasingly has the u.s. and russia on a collision course in the high north with moscow so far in a stronger position. the russians have been following for quite a while. they put in place a unified arctic command in 2014 and the russians say that this is a lot, that they built in the past couple of years more than 500 new military installations in the high north of russia, and
rockets the russians also showed us. they are capable of hitting ships more than 200 miles off the coast, a threat that worries the u.s. we have concerns about some of the increased military activities in the arctic. that increases the dangers or prospects of accidents, miscalculations. the main reason why the standoff between the u.s. and russia is heating up in the arctic is climate change. as polar ice melts, the region is becoming more accessible and russia is moving fast to stake its claims. much of that effort is led from here, the headquarters of the northern fleet in the closed military town which we also got access to. russia has been upgrading its fleet up here for years. the flagship is the peter the great nuclear battle cruiser outfitted with an array of weapons to hit targets on sea and land and fight off planes and submarines. russia has a clear strategy up