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Humans have a long history of deploying wild beasts in wartime, from horse-mounted cavalry to Hannibal riding into Rome on an elephant. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, a mysterious group of dolphins appeared in the Black Sea. It signaled a return to an old program that many thought had died with the fall of the Soviet Union. For years, the USSR trained dolphins to advance their military goals. And so did America.
Special thanks to:
Pavel Goldin
Sergei Dobrynin and Mark Krutov
Blair Irvine
Sources:
Frontline’s The Story of Navy Dolphins: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/whales/etc/navycron.html
BBC's Secrets of the Spy Whale: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002504p
Sergei Dobrynin and Mark Krutov’s reporting: https://www.svoboda.org/a/31006448.html
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Humans have a long history of deploying wild beasts in wartime, from horse-mounted cavalry to Hannibal riding into Rome on an elephant. After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, a mysterious group of dolphins appeared in the Black Sea. It signaled a return to an old program that many thought had died with the fall of the Soviet Union. For years, the USSR trained dolphins to advance their military goals. And so did America.
Special thanks to:
Pavel Goldin
Sergei Dobrynin and Mark Krutov
Blair Irvine
Sources:
Frontline’s The Story of Navy Dolphins: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/whales/etc/navycron.html
BBC's Secrets of the Spy Whale: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002504p
Sergei Dobrynin and Mark Krutov’s reporting: https://www.svoboda.org/a/31006448.html
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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