In March 2003, during the Iraq War, the United States sent 9 dolphin soldiers to demine underwater, and as a result, 2 dolphins swam straight to their warships with heavy torpedoes, and 2 U.S. warships were destroyed on the spot!
While declaring that "dolphins are man's best friend", the United States trains dolphins as suicide weapons. At the same time, the United States is also the first country in the world to use dolphins for military purposes. Dolphins are trained to perform tasks such as planting bombs, clearing mines, and attacking enemy divers.
The 1963 film Flipper fictionalized the story of a clever and cute dolphin who, after being domesticated by humans, served as a patrol guard in a nature reserve and fought against criminals.
In fact, as early as 1960, the U.S. Navy and the CIA began to try to use dolphins for military use, they were used to clear harbor mines and clear obstacles, and were even trained to use poison or oxygen needles to attack enemy frogmen. There were two military bases in the United States dedicated to training dolphins, and the Soviet Union also began training dolphins in the 60s of the last century, and used an aquarium in Crimea as a training base to establish the 13132-K"Dolphin Secret Force.
Both countries invariably chose to use bottlenose dolphins.
In 1964, during the Vietnam War, North Vietnam had a capable frogman force, which could sneak below 50 meters under heavy loads and remain silent for 24 hours, sinking the US aircraft carrier "Kader". In retaliation, the United States sent 6 dolphin soldiers, after the dolphins saw the frogman, launched a surprise attack, the hollow needle tube into the frogman's body, it is connected with the high-pressure carbon dioxide gas tank, and injected carbon dioxide, soon the frogman's internal organs will be expanded by the expansion of carbon dioxide gas, squeezed, resulting in rupture, and eventually lead to the death of the frogman. In 15 months, six dolphin soldiers assassinated more than 60 North Vietnamese frogmen.
These are basic training subjects, and there are some more daring ideas, which are "oxygen programs." Simply put, it is to have bottlenose dolphins carry explosives on suicide attack missions. In 1960, with the miniaturization of nuclear bombs, someone wanted to put the nuclear bomb on dolphins and attack the enemy under the leadership of trainers.
In 1964, the U.S. military intended to use dolphins for the task of collecting nuclear test data, and they placed detection equipment on dolphins to control some long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles, allowing dolphins to swim near the landing site and perform intelligence gathering tasks.
However, the CIA also encountered a big problem, that is, dolphins as wild animals, very eccentric temperament, sometimes not very reliable.
With in-depth research, the CIA and the U.S. military abandoned support for the Oxygen Program because of the large investment, high risk, and uncontrollable.
Although the "oxygen plan" was declared a failure, the use of dolphins for routine tasks did not stop, and the United States also tasted the revenge of dolphin soldiers.
In March 2003, the U.S. Navy transferred nine dolphins to carry out an anti-ship torpedo removal mission, and these dolphins eliminated more than 100 anti-ship torpedoes in 7 days and 7 nights, but some dolphins were killed by torpedoes due to failed evacuation. As intelligent animals, witnessing the tragic situation of their companions, they developed resentment and revenge, and 2 dolphins dragged heavy torpedoes to their minesweepers, resulting in the destruction of 2 ships. After two "mutinous" dolphins are caught, they are executed!
