Militarized Dolphins Protect Almost a Quarter of the US Nuclear Stockpile | Military.com
Militarized Dolphins Protect Almost a Quarter of the US Nuclear Stockpile (U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Scott) Military.com | By Blake Stilwell Situated just 20 miles from Seattle, Naval Base Kitsap houses America’s most powerful and secret deterrents, a weapon that is the first line of defense for U.S. national security: U.S. Navy dolphins. 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.