Russia is defending military fleet in Crimea with Ukrainian-trained dolphins

2022-04-29 20:09:40Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Russia is defending military fleet in Crimea with Ukrainian-trained dolphins

According to some satellite images, Russia has deployed dolphins trained to protect the largest naval base in the Black Sea.

Images showed that two groups of dolphins were stationed at the entrance to the port of Sevastopol, housed within a sea siege shortly before the attack on Ukraine began.

Dolphins, discovered by an analysis by the US Naval Institute (USNI), may have been deployed "operations against divers" to prevent Ukrainian special forces from penetrates the port under water to sabotage warships.

The Sevastopol naval base is a key asset for the Russian navy during the war with Ukraine as it is on the southern tip of Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.

According to THE USNI analysis, Russian ships of strategic importance for its fleet are being kept out of the range of Ukrainian missiles, but are censored by underwater sabotage. This is where dolphins play.

"This could prevent Ukrainian special forces from penetrates the port under water to sabotage warships," the USNI report says.

It is unclear whether Ukraine carried out any such operation during the war. Ukraine had previously trained dolphins in an aquarium near Sevastopol through a program that began during the Soviet era, which was forgotten after the 1990s. The programme was revived in 2012, while in 2012, along with the annexation of Crimea, Russia also annexed trained dolphins.

Both the US and the Soviet Union trained dolphins during the Cold War for military purposes.

They have been tested useful in the discovery of underwater mines and it is said that the US has spent $28ml to maintain its collection of dolphins and sea lions for military purposes.

 


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