Crimea Trains Combat Dolphins for Russia

[Benton D Struckcheon]

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_03_26/Crimea-to-train-combat-dolphins-for-Russian-Navy-2476/

A person speaking on condition of anonymity told reporters bottlenose dolphins had been trained under Soviet programs to serve the Ukrainian navy. With Crimea finally re-joining Russia after a secession referendum, the training will be overhauled to adapt the mammals to conditions of working with Russian forces.

And we do it too!

Only two training centers for combat dolphins exist nowadays, one at the San Diego military base in the United States and another in Sevastopol, Crimea, although neither has ever been eloquent about the specifics of its programs.

OK, can we get Kerry & Lavrov to agree

1 - Not to invade any more countries on any pretext whatsoever, and
2 - Give up on using dolphins. Leave them the freak alone.

I think we can get some agreement here, right? Sheesh.

[Enrique]

1. their first mission

[KittyWampus]

2. please someone post Putin on shark...

[KittyWampus]

3. War Pigeons >>>>> My geeky side is into history including animals used in warfare.

Homing pigeons were used extensively during World War I. In 1914 during the First Battle of the Marne, the French army advanced 72 pigeon lofts with the troops.

The US Army Signal Corps used 600 pigeons in France alone.

One of their homing pigeons, a Blue Check hen named Cher Ami, was awarded the French "Croix de Guerre with Palm" for heroic service delivering 12 important messages during the Battle of Verdun.

On her final mission in October 1918, she delivered a message despite having been shot through the breast or wing. The crucial message, found in the capsule hanging from a ligament of her shattered leg, saved about 200 US soldiers of the 77th Infantry Division's "Lost Battalion".[citation needed]

[PowerToThePeople]

4. with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads?

[1000words]

5. I find the entire premise immoral.