Sevastopol, Ukraine (CBS Seattle) – Three elite Ukrainian commandos have gone AWOL.

The dolphins are highly trained, intelligent, and can strike anywhere.

Ukrainian media reported earlier this month that three military trained dolphins didn’t return to their base in the Crimean port of Sevastopol. The dolphins were reported to be out during a training exercise.

These particular dolphins are trained in the use of special knives and firearms to kill enemy divers. They are also adept in the use of explosives to sink enemy ships.

It’s unknown if the three missing dolphins had such equipment on them when they went missing, but it is believed that they are out seeking mates.

The Ukrainian dolphin program has its roots in the Soviet era. During the cold war, the U.S.S.R. trained the dolphins to attack enemies and detect underwater mines.

The U.S.S.R. handed over the program to the Ukrainians after its break-up.

Dolphins are used in militaries across the world. The United States has such a program although their dolphins are not trained to attack and are used for intelligence purposes.

Those dolphins were used for the war in Iraq.

http://seattle.cbslocal.com/2013/03/12/r...e-on-the-loose/

Zitat

---

Sevastopol, Ukraine (CBS Seattle) – Three elite Ukrainian commandos have gone AWOL.

It’s unknown if the three missing dolphins had such equipment on them when they went missing, but it is believed that they are out seeking mates.

---

Poor things, they're working them too hard - they had to get out for a little R & R.

Dolphins are intelligent creatures, I'd love to see their reasoning - obviously they agreed this between themselves since none of the 3 came back. I'd love to get into their little heads and see the reason they decided not to come back.

Could be they've gone Rambo and are out to kill but I doubt it.

Quote: ozarkian wrote in post #2

---

Zitat

---

Sevastopol, Ukraine (CBS Seattle) – Three elite Ukrainian commandos have gone AWOL.

It’s unknown if the three missing dolphins had such equipment on them when they went missing, but it is believed that they are out seeking mates.

---

Poor things, they're working them too hard - they had to get out for a little R & R.

Dolphins are intelligent creatures, I'd love to see their reasoning - obviously they agreed this between themselves since none of the 3 came back. I'd love to get into their little heads and see the reason they decided not to come back.

Could be they've gone Rambo and are out to kill but I doubt it.

---

Update! Sad news, friends. It turns out that one piece of the Ukrainian dolphin story is, in fact, a hoax. No dolphins from the Ukrainian army's complement have actually escaped, according to this newspaper report. The hoax began with this faked report from the museum director, which led to a story by RIA Novosti. The strangest thing about this is how plausible the whole thing actually is. Gregg studies dolphins for a living and did not seem skeptical.

(excerpted)
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/ar...e-loose/273943/