Here's how military dolphins are used to protect US nukes and spot enemy mines

The US Navy Marine Mammal Program at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) started in 1960, when the Navybegan studyingNotty, a female Pacific white-sided dolphin. Researchers soon found that dolphins had excellent sonar.The mammals went on to guard an Army ammunition pier in Vietnam's Cam Ranh Bay, providing surveillance to thwart enemy swimmers, in 1970 and 1971.In 2002,SPAWARwas allocated$14 million a yearthrough2020.But it wasn't until 2003 when dolphins were used to clear mines during the US invasion of Iraq.Here's how the Navy uses dolphins to guard nuclear arsenals and spot bad guys in thewater.SEE ALSO:This battle between US Marines and ISIS has largely been kept secret ' until nowThe US Navy has ships deployed all over the world.And although it has plenty of high-tech weaponry ...... the Navy has some weapons that are most-decidedly low-tech: dolphins.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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