Dolphins have been trained by the U.S. and Soviet/Russian militaries since the 1960s to detect underwater mines, protect ships from enemy divers, and locate lost equipment. While often cited as "kamikaze" or "bomb-placing" weapons, their primary role involves marking mines with buoys for human disposal and tagging divers.
Key Facts About Military Dolphins:Mission Roles: Dolphins use their superior sonar to locate mines in the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. They also guard naval vessels against enemy swimmers.
Target Tagging: Instead of placing explosives themselves, training typically involves a dolphin bumping an enemy diver to attach a marker buoy, allowing human divers to intervene.Soviet and Russian Use: The Soviet Union trained dolphins in Sevastopol for tasks such as detecting enemy divers or underwater sabotage. Russia reportedly resumed this training in 2014.
The "Bomb-Placer" Myth: While CIA, Soviet, or other proposals may have considered it, the documented role of U.S. Navy dolphins is detecting and tagging, not necessarily carrying explosives to attack ships.Current Usage: The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program remains active, training bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions for port security and mine clearance.Dolphins used in these programs are typically kept in open water pens and are not "trained to attack" in a way that risks their lives, focusing rather on their intelligence and sensory capabilities, notes
I knew Dolphins have been trained historically. In fact some of the U.S experiments with Dolphins got REALLY fucking weird. Granted the people charged with running them were also strange as well.
I was more so commenting that realistically any use of Dolphins to actually plant explosives. Is likely a one way trip for the dolphin.
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Dolphins have been trained by the U.S. and Soviet/Russian militaries since the 1960s to detect underwater mines, protect ships from enemy divers, and locate lost equipment. While often cited as "kamikaze" or "bomb-placing" weapons, their primary role involves marking mines with buoys for human disposal and tagging divers.
Key Facts About Military Dolphins:Mission Roles: Dolphins use their superior sonar to locate mines in the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. They also guard naval vessels against enemy swimmers.
Target Tagging: Instead of placing explosives themselves, training typically involves a dolphin bumping an enemy diver to attach a marker buoy, allowing human divers to intervene.Soviet and Russian Use: The Soviet Union trained dolphins in Sevastopol for tasks such as detecting enemy divers or underwater sabotage. Russia reportedly resumed this training in 2014.
The "Bomb-Placer" Myth: While CIA, Soviet, or other proposals may have considered it, the documented role of U.S. Navy dolphins is detecting and tagging, not necessarily carrying explosives to attack ships.Current Usage: The U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program remains active, training bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions for port security and mine clearance.Dolphins used in these programs are typically kept in open water pens and are not "trained to attack" in a way that risks their lives, focusing rather on their intelligence and sensory capabilities, notes
I knew Dolphins have been trained historically. In fact some of the U.S experiments with Dolphins got REALLY fucking weird. Granted the people charged with running them were also strange as well.
I was more so commenting that realistically any use of Dolphins to actually plant explosives. Is likely a one way trip for the dolphin.
Yes...🤬