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Dolphins Used by Navy to Protect Our Waters and Nukes

 
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Dolphins Used by Navy to Protect Our Waters and Nukes
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Since 1967, the Navy has been training dolphins and sea lions (and probably other marine life) for military applications such as mine clearing, force protection and recovery missions. The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program deployed military dolphins as early as the Vietnam War and as recently as the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

If a mine or other weapon is detected, the dolphin returns to its handler, who gives the animal a buoy to mark the location of the device on the surface.



The article also says that dolphins and sea lions are trained to attach a buoy with a type of handcuff device to an infiltrator (spy, enemy navy seal type, etc.) underwater, and the buoy will bring them to the surface for capture.





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