{"id":1957638,"date":"2023-06-26T19:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T23:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-doubles-down-on-military-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T19:27:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T23:27:10","slug":"russia-doubles-down-on-military-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-doubles-down-on-military-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia intensifies its focus on military dolphins."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-doubles-down-on-military-dolphins%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1957638&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Russian warships stand at the entrance to the main harbour on March 6, 2014 in Sevastopol, Ukraine.(Photo by Sean Gallup\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/taylor-tinsley\">Taylor Tinsley<\/a><br \/>4:20 PM \u2013 Monday, June 26, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The Russian military is making major investments into the security of the Black Sea Fleet\u2019s main base at Sevastopol by increasing its number of trained marine animals.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A recent intelligence report from the U.K. Ministry of Defence showed satellite images that depict at least four layers of nets and booms across the harbors entry port in Russian-controlled Crimea. This means the Russian Navy is boosting its number of marine trained animals to \u201ccounter enemy divers.\u201d Imagery showed a near doubling of floating mammal pens in the harbor, said to likely contain bottle-nosed dolphins.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine \u2013 23 June 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about Defence Intelligence&#8217;s use of language: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ALCbH4WFSc\">https:\/\/t.co\/ALCbH4WFSc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithUkraine<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lCXZ3gySdu\">pic.twitter.com\/lCXZ3gySdu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ministry of Defence \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 (@DefenceHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceHQ\/status\/1672118745991397376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Moscow is tightening security measures as a result of the Black Sea Fleet being the target of several drone attacks since the start of the war in Ukraine, but the Ukrainian Government has denied any involvement.<\/p>\n<p>The Soviet Navy started training marine animals during the Cold War including dolphins, seals, and beluga whales to carry out secret missions as well as detect mines, submarines, and suspicious objects for decades.<\/p>\n<p>A harness wearing beluga whale that was first spotted in Norway in 2019 is suspected of being a spy for the Russian Navy. An action camera was strapped to his harness with the words \u201cEquipment of St. Petersberg.\u201d Locals named him \u2018Hvaldimir\u2019, which is a combination of the Norwegian word for whale \u2013\u00a0 Hval \u2013 and Russian President Vladimir Putin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The whale made another appearance in Sweden earlier this year and officials have asked people to avoid contact.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Russia isn\u2019t the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-doubles-down-on-military-dolphins\/\" title=\"Russia intensifies its focus on military dolphins.\">country training marine animals<\/a>. Dolphins and sea lions have been helping the U.S. Navy save lives underwater since the 1960\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The farthest a dolphin has ever been recorded to dive is nearly 1,000 feet. Sea lions, on the other hand, exhale before taking a dive and can go to depths between 450 and 900 feet.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy tried to end the program last year so they could use new advanced technology instead, but the move was stalled by Congress until the Navy can prove new countermeasure systems are better than its mine-detecting dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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The Russian military is investing heavily in securing the Black Sea Fleet&#8217;s base by expanding its trained marine forces. 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