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	Military dolphin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Military dolphins were used during the First Gulf War.
		More controversial rumoured uses of military dolphins include training them to lay underwater mines or to kill enemy combatants, or even civilians, such as Vietnamese skin divers during the Vietnam War.
		The Russian military is believed to have closed its marine mammal program in the early 1990's.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_dolphins (264 words)

	Dolphins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dolphins may need to have 2 brains because the maximum size for a single brain may be about 10^11 neurons, the size of the brain of single-brained humans.
		Dolphin brain cells are more uniform and less specialized than Human brain cells Dolphins are born with about 40 percent of their brain mass, and reach full brain development in about 10 years, while Humans are born with about 25 percent of their brain mass, and reach full brain development in about 18 years.
		In case a dolphin might leave its assigned area, or otherwise become unreliable, an explosive charge on the underside of the harness would be detonated by the USA Navy monitors, killing the dolphin and leaving a neat, fist-sized hole on the underside of the neck of the dolphin.
	www.valdostamuseum.org /hamsmith/Dolphin.html (3388 words)

	Dolphins of War
		Dolphins were trained to speed towards a Vietnamese frogman and skew him with a lance strapped to its beak.
		Dolphins are also being trained in the swimmer nullification program, where a long, hollow hypodermic needle is placed over the snout of the dolphin for injecting compressed CO² into the enemy frogmen, the pressurized gas forcing the frogman's internal organs out of his body orifices.
		Dolphin experts now say that Navy research is now focused on using the dolphins for their echolocation to detect long-range nuclear missiles, and there is a growing fear that the Russians, who have also exploited dolphins abilities for warfare purposes may use the animals to counter-attack the Americans.
	www.angelfire.com /nj4/navydolphins (1670 words)

	Dolphins exploited for military purposes
		Dolphins have been used by the military mainly since the cold war, due to their extraordinary capabilities and use of echolocation.
		The dolphins used in Iraq are reported to form part of a wider unit of dolphins and sea lions that have been trained by the US to detect mines and even enemy divers.
		Meanwhile dolphins from the US Navy have been used in various parts of the world such as in the Baltic Sea (LINK to Import of Military Dolphins to Germany), Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, the Persian Gulf, Vietnam and are currently used in the Iraq war.
	www.wdcs.org /dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/B84336D57E281EB580256D0300464287 (1263 words)

	Pictures of captive Dolphins
		Dolphin guards were trained and deployed, 2 in a cage, at strategic locations in and around Soviet military bases.
		Dolphin guard pens are automatic in operation, once a swimmer is detected by the dolphins they press a button which opens a gate.
		Can they take the risk that the dolphin or whale swimming by does not have a mine attached to it, that it isn't going to report their location, that it may expose their attempts to infiltrate etc, etcso they open firekilling every single whale and dolphin they see.
	www.tursiops.org /dolfin/dolphpic.htm (1515 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We had just rescued Stephania from a dolphin abusement park in San Andres, Colombia, and transferred her from a small sub-standard tank that she had been living in for ten years to a natural sea pen that we built on this tiny island far away from civilization, literally in the middle of nowhere.
		As you know, the navy dolphin program is top secret, thus we really don't know which dolphins are in the war zone and which are standing by to be trained to enter the war zone, but yes, I have met all of them.
		In the case of the US Navy dolphins, along with the inherent dangers of the duties they are called upon to perform, the suffering caused by the training, transport and keeping in captivity of this species is well-documented and a cause for great concern.
	www.dolphinproject.org /?pageid=22281 (2073 words)

	Body of dolphin washed ashore on Baltic Sea coast
		The dolphin was found this week on a beach in nearby Latvia, but was taken to a leading maritime museum in the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda, 350 kilometres west of the capital Vilnius, for further examinations.
		The museum denied rumours that the dolphin could have been one of five U.S. military dolphins that were recently taking part in mine sweeping exercises off the Baltic coast.
		All five dolphins were accounted for and had since left the region, the museum said.
	www.eurocbc.org /page850.html (258 words)

	The Observer \| International \| Armed and dangerous - Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico.
		Sheridan is convinced the scientists were keen to ensure the dolphins were not the navy's, understood to be kept in training ponds in a sound in Louisiana, close to Lake Pontchartrain, whose waters devastated New Orleans.
		The navy launched the classified Cetacean Intelligence Mission in San Diego in 1989, where dolphins, fitted with harnesses and small electrodes planted under their skin, were taught to patrol and protect Trident submarines in harbour and stationary warships at sea.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,1577753,00.html (504 words)

	USS DOLPHIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		USS Dolphin (AGSS 555), homeported at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) facility in San Diego, is the Navy's only operational, diesel-electric, deep-diving, research and development submarine.
		Dolphin can also maintain more extensive onboard laboratory facilities than her deep submersible counterparts.
		Because Dolphin was designed as a test platform, it can be adapted to accept projects more easily than most operational submarines.
	www.csp.navy.mil /csds5/submarines/dolphin.htm (255 words)

	Green Party of Iran - News
		A SQUAD of former Soviet Navy dolphins, trained to kill enemy divers and blow up ships, have become the world's first "animal mercenaries", after they were sold to Iran by the Crimean authorities, who could not afford to keep them.
		Although dolphins have a popular image as clever and friendly, during the Cold War both the US and the Soviet Union developed secret training schools where the animals became skilled in detecting mines and carrying explosive charges which would explode on contact with enemy ships.
		Despite the prospect of his beloved dolphins being used by the radical Iranian regime, Mr Zhurid said their welfare was his paramount concern.
	www.iran-e-sabz.org /news/dolphins.html (790 words)

	USS Dolphin (AGSS 555)
		USS Dolphin (AGSS 555), homeported at the Naval Research and Development (NRaD) facility in San Diego, is the Navy's only operational, diesel-electric, deep-diving, research and development submarine.
		USS Dolphin is the Navy's deep diving submarine designed to test advanced submarine structures, sensors, weapons, communications, and machinery systems.
		The USS DOLPHIN has achieved a great deal of success in each of her endeavors and has many firsts added to her record.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/agss-555.htm (644 words)

	Alan Boyle's Cosmic Log
		Dolphins are amazing, but my concern is that if the Iraqis know what the Americans are doing with them, they will harm any dolphins they see, whether they belong to the Americans or not.
		When carried properly, dolphins should either be suspended and in a carrying device outfitted with holes so their fins can hang through, or they should be supported on a spongy device, with holes dug out for their flippers.
		The only mitigating statement that really makes sense is that the dolphins are well-trained to avoid the dangers, and that in performing their functions, they significantly reduce the risk of loss of many other lives (human).
	groups.msn.com /alanboylescosmiclog/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=1&ID_Message=626 (2186 words)

	News from the dolphin bros
		His campaign relys heavily on the truth that most never-military civilians believe that the military is a machine, a well oiled machine that has no bureaucratic B/S. This is why the Swift Boat Vets need to have their say.
		This is the first prolonged military action since Vietnam, and Democrats are quickly reminding us why they created a quagmire over there.
		While the Commander in Chief is trying to walk the knife-edge of Iraqi/Islamic politics and effective military execution, the left (and loudest) wing of the Democratic party want to fight the war from D.C. For them everything is politics.
	www.dolphinbros.blogspot.com (1413 words)

	News from the High North Alliance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The dolphins began washing up on the beaches of Languedoc- Roussillon in southern France in early February, and by the end of the month the known death toll had reached 22.
		It is widely known that the US Navy, and formerly that of the Soviet Union, have experimented with using dolphins for military purposes such as planting limpet mines and smashing enemy divers in the sternum.
		Sheridan believes control over the dolphins was lost in an accident while they were being lowered into the Mediterranean, either from a warship or a helicopter, and they were killed to avoid discovery.
	www.highnorth.no /news/nedit.asp?which=173 (478 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- Report: Sub came close to sinking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Dolphin is a one-of-a-kind submarine built 24 years ago as a research vessel.
		The conning tower of the Dolphin, which was running on the surface, was being pummeled by the waves.
		However, the Dolphin's single hatch is inaccessible, inside the conning tower, with no way for the rescue sub to connect.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20020807-9999_6m7sub.html (713 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- Dolphin ready to return
		Ninety minutes earlier, he'd been warm and dry in the galley of the Dolphin, preparing a meal of chicken ala king for the sailors about to stand midnight watch.
		Although the Dolphin is an old ship, he said, its research-and-development job is critical enough to guarantee it a place in the Navy's future.
		With the Dolphin on the verge of its first post-accident voyage, its sailors say they have no jitters about returning to sea.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20051125-9999-7m25dolphin.html (1277 words)

	American Military Dolphin Defects! : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Takoma, the Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphin, had been in Iraq for 48 hours when he went missing on his first operation to snoop out mines.
		Takoma and his fellow mine hunters have a special diet, regular medical checks and their own sleeping quarters, which is more than can be said for the vast majority of the military whose domestic arrangements are basic, to say the least.
		US officials had said that dolphins, first used in Vietnam, were a far better bet than all the technology on board the flotilla of ships.
	sf.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=1592627 (365 words)

	HH-65A Dolphin
		The Dolphin is usually deployed from shore but it can be deployed from medium and high endurance Coast Guard Cutters, as well as the Polar Icebreakers.
		The Dolphin's main jobs are: search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties (including drug interdiction), polar ice breaking, marine environmental protection including pollution control, and military readiness.
		The MCH meets the requirements associated with cutters deploying on defense operations and peacetime military engagements, and may also be used to meet non-Deepwater aviation demand missions currently being conducted by existing HH-65s.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/hh-65.htm (917 words)

	Armed Dolphins On The Run - · Darkness Forums
		I have seen quite a bit on this subject and I would be of the opinion that the dolphin were not armed as the military would only arm them during training and when used for missions.
		This was a film from 1973 where he trained a dolphin to carry a mine to blow up the president’s yacht.
		speaking of which: fun military fact, there is a government funded group of military stradigists who study the combat styles of ants and other animals that frequently go to war.
	forum.darkness.com /index.php?act=ST&f=30&t=43688 (1130 words)

	Museum of Hoaxes
		First, it seems to be a wild rumor inspired by the true report that eight bottlenose dolphins were washed out of their marina by Katrina, but were later recovered.
		In 1998 he told the Observer the cause of death of 22 dolphins found washed up on the shore in southern France was that "'these were dolphins trained by the US navy, and that something went badly wrong...
		They were disposed of to conceal the existence of the American's military dolphin programme.' According to Mr Sheridan, the United States navy launched a classified programme, the Cetacean Intelligence Mission, in San Diego in 1989 with the approval of President George Bush.
	www.museumofhoaxes.com /hoax/weblog/killer_dolphins_set_loose_by_katrina (337 words)

	Current Issues - Military dolphins
		Dolphins have no peer when it comes to finding mines - 28th March 2003
		Dolphins did not volunteer for war animal rights activists say - 27th March 2003
		Dolphins used to clear Iraq's only port for humanitarian shipments - 26th March 2003
	www.eurocbc.org /page848.html (330 words)

	Armed Dolphins Said Set Loose in Gulf by Katrina
		Dolphins, considered one of the species with intelligence second only to man's, now threaten divers and surfers.
		Dolphins have been used to detect mines near an Iraqi port.
		One of my personal favorites is a short story by Roger Zelazny called 'Kjwalll'kje'k'koothailll'kje'k, in which he introduces the idea of a sonic curtain that could be manipulated by dolphins to keep sharks out of an underwater park.
	www.livescience.com /scienceoffiction/050926_armed_dolphins.html (435 words)

	HH-65A Dolphin - Military Aircraft
		Though normally stationed ashore, the Dolphins can be carried on board medium and high endurance Coast Guard Cutters.
		Also a unique feature of the Dolphin is its computerized flight management system which integrates state-of-the-art communications and navigation equipment.
		The Dolphin is manufactured by Aerospatiale Helicopter Corporation in Grand Praire, Texas.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/hh-65.htm (261 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Dolphin charity 'hacked by the Pentagon'
		The group claims American navy was trying to get details of a report on how dolphins trained for military use in the former Soviet Union have been sold off since the end of the Cold War.
		But the report from the dolphin charity will suggest that some of these highly intelligent creatures ended up at dolphinariums to entertain the public.
		Others, though, may have continued their military careers elsewhere and that would be useful information for the intelligence services.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/88362.stm (556 words)

	Boeing: History -- Products -- Douglas Dolphin Amphibian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		However, 59 of the next version, the Dolphin, were built between 1931 and 1934.
		The Dolphin retracted its landing gear for water landings and was adapted to meet customer requirements, both military and civilian.
		One, called "Rover," was sold to William Boeing, who took delivery of his Dolphin in 1934, just before he left the company he founded.
	www.boeing.com /history/mdc/dolphin.htm (237 words)

	Douglas Moves On
		The success of the Dolphin, a military amphibian, helped Douglas survive the Great Depression.
		In 1929, Douglas combined his love for the sea with aviation and built his first flying boat—the Sinbad, a prototype of the Dolphin series, which he designed for the luxury commercial market.
		Military orders during the next few years kept Douglas financially sound when so many other U.S. companies had to close.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Douglas-1930s/Aero28.htm (1008 words)

	disinformation \| the search for the military marine mammalian candidate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Another trick some of the dolphins know is to stab enemy divers with a harpoon mounted on the animal's back, then drag the diver to the surface impaled upon the point.
		The dolphins would be "monitored and controlled via electric signals transmitted through the neck harness." Most disturbingly, Sheridan pointed out that sixteen of the dead dolphins had wounds indicative of the explosive charge inserted into the harness worn by the military test subjects, to keep those dolphins from falling into enemy hands.
		Cartlidge has an expertise in the subject of military use of dolphins, and visited the facility in the Ukraine to try and give the Crimean trainers some ideas for alternative uses for their military dolphins.
	www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/dossier/id312/pg1 (1912 words)

	G4 - Feature - Hacking Flipper
		According to the BBC, the British Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society was the target of a "crude attempt" traced back to the Pentagon.
		The story goes that, during the Cold War, the former Soviet Union trained dolphins for military use based on their natural sensory systems.
		If in fact the report exists, and actually indicates that highly trained dolphins are being sold in the fl market, allegations of espionage are weak.
	www.g4tv.com /techtvvault/features/1045/Hacking_Flipper.html (291 words)

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