Russia deploys 'military' dolphins to protect Black Sea base - (really)

[speak easy]

Russia deploys trained dolphins at Black Sea naval base, satellite images show

Russia has deployed trained military dolphins at its naval base in the Black Sea – possibly to protect its fleet from an underwater attack – according to new analysis of satellite images.

The US Naval Institute (USNI) reviewed satellite imagery of the naval base at Sevastopol harbor, and concluded that two dolphin pens were moved to the base in February at the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/27/russia-black-sea-military-dolphins-crimea

Maybe the dolphinovs could take a look at the Moskva to get some pointers on protecting the fleet. On a more serious note, the Russians probably consider its humans more expendable than the dolphins, but both are managed with cruelty.

[FreepFryer]

1. Cue the underwater sonar countermeasures. Collateral damage to local sea life tragic but unavoidable

As is all in war.

[hack89]

2. The US Navy does the same thing

Been going on for decades.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Since 1959

https://www.niwcpacific.navy.mil/marine-mammal-program/

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

3. We use them too.

Both dolphins and sea lions. They are trained to detect divers and mines.

[Best_man23]

4. This breaks my heart

"A beluga whale spotted off the coast of Norway in 2019 was believed to be trained by the Russian navy. Fishermen reported a beluga whale wearing strange harnesses, which may have held cameras, harassing their boats, pulling on straps and ropes from the side of boats."

Perhaps the US Navy can get our military dolphins to talk to the dolphinovs and convince them there is a much better life on the open sea and better fishing opportunities than the packaged FRRs (Fish Rejected by Russians) they're forced to eat.

[Tommy Carcetti]

5. Ever see "The Day of the Dolphin"?

"Oh shit..."

[Ohio Joe]

6. Thats what I was thinking of...

As soon as I saw the title, I thought... Wait, wasn't that a movie?