 a military dolphin is a dolphin trained for military uses. the united states and soviet militaries have trained and employed oceanic dolphins for several reasons. such military dolphins have been trained to rescue lost naval swimmers or to locate underwater mines. the u.s. navy trains dolphins and sea lions under the u.s. navy marine mammal program, which is based in san diego, california. they get some of their dolphins from the gulf of mexico. military dolphins were used by the u.s. navy during the first and second gulf wars. about 75 dolphins are in the program. the soviet navy operated a research facility  to explore military uses of marine mammals at kazachya bukhta, near sevastopol. 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. due to the secrecy of such practice, rumors of military dolphins include training them to lay underwater mines, to locate enemy combatants, or to seek and destroy submarines using kamikaze methods. there has even been speculation about the potential development of sophisticated equipment, such as poison darts, sonar jamming devices, and so on for dolphins, and about combat between cetaceans of both superpowers. the u.s. navy denies ever having trained its marine mammals to harm or injure humans in any fashion or to carry weapons to destroy ships.frequently asked questions of the u.s. navy marine mammal program in 2005, there were press reports that some u.s. military dolphins based on lake pontchartrain had escaped during the hurricane katrina floo
Military_animals Oceanic_dolphins