This unique UAV doesn’t need an airfield to launch, so the only alternative is a helicopter.
Russia’s Rostech state corporation presented the first-ever drone  that can land on any terrain, whether hummocky land, loose snow,  sand, water, or swampland - any relatively flat surface will do.

The aircraft dubbed Chirok (Teal) is both an unmanned aerial and  amphibious vehicle; it was developed by Rotech’s branch,  Integrated Instrument-making Corporation (IIC).
“There is only one alternative to this aircraft [Chirok] – a  helicopter,” Aleksey Smirnov, the head of the unmanned  aerial vehicles department at Radio-Technical Institute, told the  OTV channel.
The 1:5 Chirok prototype presented at the exhibition has been  specifically made to test its aero performance in a wind tunnel.

In 2015, the full-scale Chirok aircraft will start flight tests.  It will have a wingspan of 10 meters and have a maximum takeoff  mass of approximately 700 kilograms, of which 300kg would be its  effective payload.
With 6,000 meters of altitude ceiling, the UAV is expected to  travel up to 2,500 kilometers on a single fuelling. Information  about the Chirok’s propulsion is classified. The ‘aircraft-hovercraft’ is made exclusively of composite  materials, while the fabric of its air cushion was developed in  Russia and is patented by the Rostech Corporation. The air  cushion is fully retractable in flight mode.

Though the drone will most likely be used for reconnaissance and  wild fire monitoring missions, delivery of necessities to distant  oil rigs etc., its construction also enables carrying assault  military appliances. The Chirok could be equipped with high precision weapons, such as  small-size guided missiles. Unlike most existing UAVs, the Chirok  has enough inner space to fit the weapons internally, so that  under-wing missiles won’t interfere with aerodynamics and  landing. Because the aircraft is of moderate size and made of  composites, it also has excellent stealth characteristics.
It is expected that at Moscow-hosted MAKS-2015 air show UAV  Chirok will be presented as an operable prototype. Production of  the aircraft could be started as early as 2016.