A number of militaries have employed dolphins for various purposes from finding mines to rescuing lost or trapped humans.
The military use of dolphins, however, drew scrutiny during the Vietnam War when rumors circulated that the United States Navy was training dolphins to kill Vietnamese divers.
The United States Navy denies that at any point dolphins were trained for combat.
Dolphins are still being trained by the United States Navy for other tasks as part of the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program.
The Russian military is believed to have closed its marine mammal program in the early 1990s.
In 2000 the press reported that dolphins trained to kill by the Soviet Navy had been sold to Iran.
A number of militaries have employed dolphins for various purposes from finding mines to rescuing lost or trapped humans. The military use of dolphins, however, drew scrutiny during the Vietnam War when rumors circulated that the United States Navy was training dolphins to kill Vietnamese divers. The United States Navy denies that at any point dolphins were trained for combat. Dolphins are still being trained by the United States Navy for other tasks as part of the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program. The Russian military is believed to have closed its marine mammal program in the early 1990s. In 2000 the press reported that dolphins trained to kill by the Soviet Navy had been sold to Iran.
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