Underwater soldiers: The history of military dolphins, from the Cold War to now

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 09:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Last week, the Russian state department issued an unusual request: a call to recruit five dolphins. But this isn't the first time Russia has trained a military dolphin unit. Both Russia and the U.S. have been using military dolphins since the Cold War. Science historian Graham Burnett dives into the history of military dolphins.

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