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Ukraine's spy dolphins switch allegiance to Russia
The UK Telegraph ^
| 03-26-2014
| Roland Oliphant
Posted on 03/26/2014 7:09:15 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016
Russian forces completed their take over of the Ukrainian navy’s assets in Crimea with the storming of the minesweeper Cherkessy.
The Ukrainian navy has been reduced to only 10 vessels, with the other 51 it held at the beginning of this month, including its only submarine, now flying the Russian flag.
But of all the Ukrainian military assets Russia has seized during the annexation, none is quite as unusual as the combat dolphin program.
The Soviet Union began training dolphins and other marine mammals to locate mines, mark underwater and obstacles and detect – and if necessary kill – enemy frogmen in the 1960s.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: crimea; dolphin; dolphins; rolandoliphant; russia; ukraine
To: PaulCruz2016
Ukraine's spy dolphins switch allegiance to Russia I always expected they would be flippers.
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posted on
03/26/2014 7:10:16 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Republican amnesty supporters don't care whether their own homes are called mansions or haciendas.)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
03/26/2014 7:14:50 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
To: PaulCruz2016
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posted on
03/26/2014 7:19:31 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: KarlInOhio
Let the thread get going for a bit before you kill it. ;)
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posted on
03/26/2014 7:19:34 PM PDT
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: PaulCruz2016
The Ukrainian navy has been reduced to only 10 vessels, with the other 51 it held at the beginning of this month, including its only submarine, now flying the Russian flag.Given what I've read about their military readiness I wouldn't be too keen on taking that one to test depth.
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posted on
03/26/2014 7:19:46 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:11)
To: PaulCruz2016
Russia got them jumping through hoops.
To: PaulCruz2016
This is almost a joke. The Ukraine never did anything with the dolphins militarily. You have to go back into their history.
Such outstanding leadership in the West these days. /s
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posted on
03/26/2014 7:45:53 PM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: KarlInOhio
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posted on
03/26/2014 7:46:51 PM PDT
by
wonkowasright
(Wonko from outside the asylum)
To: PaulCruz2016
there’s something fishy about this.
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posted on
03/26/2014 7:56:22 PM PDT
by
blueplum
To: PaulCruz2016
This begging for a FRevival of Austin Powers memes.
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posted on
03/26/2014 8:09:18 PM PDT
by
arderkrag
(An Unreconstructed Georgian, STANDING WITH RAND.)
To: All
Who put this in Breaking News, and why?
To: PaulCruz2016
Dolphins are intelligent beings.
To: PaulCruz2016
Whoever did it, I’m sure it wasn’t on porpoise.
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posted on
03/26/2014 8:40:34 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: arderkrag
What about the sharks with freaking laser beams on their heads?
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posted on
03/26/2014 9:39:16 PM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: KarlInOhio
"I always expected they would be flippers. "NICE!
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posted on
03/27/2014 7:24:13 AM PDT
by
haywoodwebb
(Telling people the truth about Jesus is all that really matters now...)
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