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Militarized Dolphins Protect Almost a Quarter of the US Nuclear Stockpile

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Re: Militarized Dolphins Protect Almost a Quarter of the US Nuclear Stockpile

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Post by josefresco »

pelasaco wrote: post #53

"For protection against enemy divers, dolphins will swim up to the infiltrator, bump into them and place a buoy device on their back or a limb using their mouth. The buoy then drags the outed diver to the surface for easy capture." I mean come on, "enemy divers" will just kill the dolphins or avoid contact with them..

> I mean come on, "enemy divers" will just kill the dolphins or avoid contact with them

Good luck! You'd never see them coming and they're too fast and agile to "shoot".

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Post by motoboi »

krisoft wrote: post #82
motoboi wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So crazy to think that at any given time you have thousands of warheads targeting the pentagon so as to obliterate the place. Same to other strategic US and Russian places. I highly recommend the book Command and Control.

I really doubt that they have "thousands" of warheads targeting the Pentagon. At most a few hundreds but even that is an overestimate probably. Not that the difference practically matters. You only need enough to saturate the defences plus one to cause a very bad day for everyone involved.

You would be amazed by which degree those high importance sites have been targeted to ensure total, complete, and unequivocal destruction.

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Post by samatman »

pengaru wrote: post #52
w-ll wrote: post #9

All these links and no 'Johnny Mnemonic' reference. Takes place in 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)

Can't say I recall anything dolphin-related in the film. But The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou had a comedic military dolphin element. "Son of a bitch, I'm sick of these dolphins."

That's a cache miss though, the military dolphin in Johnny Mnemnonic is a big part of the plot. He even has a name, Jones!

Hard for me to forget since a friend ran a keyserver in the 90s called jones.[his-domain].net...

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Post by the_af »

ncmncm wrote: post #5

Brings to mind Karel Kapek's 1936 "The War with the Newts". He is better known for his 1920 play, "R.U.R.", or "Rossum's Universal Robots", which brought "robot" into English. Both explore the self-deception character of attempts at imposing servitude. The US has still not processed its varied experience.

> "The War with the Newts"

Good book. I read it at a young age, and missed most of the irony and references to the real world, and still found it engrossing.

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Post by samatman »

rbanffy wrote: post #71
Geee wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has Dolph Lundgren.. Close enough?

Which is probably the most memorable character in the movie. “Do you want someone brought to Jesus?”

This is a movie with no less than Dolph Lundgren, Ice T, and Henry Rollins, competing to chew the scenery with supporting characters.

Tough call, but Ice T's Low-Tek style is what I remember best.

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Post by hinoki »

reilly3000 wrote: post #56
gherkinnn wrote: post #48

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We might never know what is currently in use, but I'm convinced that any wild and wacky idea has been tried by somebody. Some fun ones off the top of my head: - Meet Wojtek the bear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojtek_(bear) - AT-Dogs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog - Ships made of ice and saw dust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk - Funny tanks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart%27s_F…

My contribution to your already wonderful list: The Bat Bomb, aka Project X-Ray https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

And pigeon guided bombs: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pigeon

Re: Militarized Dolphins Protect Almost a Quarter of the US Nuclear Stockpile

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Post by samatman »

pelasaco wrote: post #53

"For protection against enemy divers, dolphins will swim up to the infiltrator, bump into them and place a buoy device on their back or a limb using their mouth. The buoy then drags the outed diver to the surface for easy capture." I mean come on, "enemy divers" will just kill the dolphins or avoid contact with them..

Hmm. Have you ever had to handle one large dog who was determined to attack you? Or watched video of this happening to someone else, preferably?

Difference being, both of those animals evolved on land.

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Post by cowl »

NikolaeVarius wrote: post #97
mlac wrote: post #95

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The submarine might burrow itself down into the Mariana Trench and then set them all off at the same time. This would open a crack in the ocean floor, draining the ocean. I’m studying how these things work where this guy went to school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cesSRfXqS1Q

Uh where is all this hypothetical water going in this drain.

The Turtle That carries the Globe is peeing it to the space duh...
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