Military dolphins
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 3:20 pmA military dolphin is a cetacean trained for military uses. The United States and Russian militaries have trained and employed dolphins for several reasons.This dolphins have been trained to rescue lost divers or to locate underwater mines and enemy combatants, or to seek and destroy submarines using kamikaze methods.
The U.S. Navy trains dolphins under the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program in California. Military dolphins were used by the U.S. Navy during the First and Second Gulf War. About 75 dolphins are in the Navy's marine mammal program.
There has even been speculation about the potential development of sophisticated equipment, such as poison darts, sonar jamming devices, etc, and about combat between cetaceans of both superpowers. The U.S. Navy denies ever having trained its marine mammals to harm or injure humans or to carry weapons to destroy ships.
In 2005, there were press reports that some U.S. military dolphins based on Lake Pontchartrain had escaped during the Hurricane Katrina. The U.S. Navy dismissed these stories, and explained that it was just an urban myth.
What do you think? I believe that it's not an urban myth. It could be true. So, what could we expect of people who employ and kill these lovely animals to win a war... Nothing at all.
The U.S. Navy trains dolphins under the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program in California. Military dolphins were used by the U.S. Navy during the First and Second Gulf War. About 75 dolphins are in the Navy's marine mammal program.
There has even been speculation about the potential development of sophisticated equipment, such as poison darts, sonar jamming devices, etc, and about combat between cetaceans of both superpowers. The U.S. Navy denies ever having trained its marine mammals to harm or injure humans or to carry weapons to destroy ships.
In 2005, there were press reports that some U.S. military dolphins based on Lake Pontchartrain had escaped during the Hurricane Katrina. The U.S. Navy dismissed these stories, and explained that it was just an urban myth.
What do you think? I believe that it's not an urban myth. It could be true. So, what could we expect of people who employ and kill these lovely animals to win a war... Nothing at all.