[Night Hammer]

ok, not quite but still kinda interesting
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/military_animals

Alongside the submarines, ships and airplanes participating in large-scale military exercises in the Pacific this month, a team of sea lions and dolphins are expected to patrol the sea. These marine animals will be flown in from San Diego for simulated mine recovery and mine detection during the biennial RIMPAC war games.

[Nuclear1]

Alongside the submarines, ships and airplanes participating in large-scale military exercises in the Pacific this month, a team of sea lions and dolphins are expected to patrol the sea. These marine animals will be flown in from San Diego for simulated mine recovery and mine detection during the biennial RIMPAC war games.

* nuclear1 has RA2 flashbacks.

[Fragrag]

ok, not quite but still kinda interesting
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/military_animals

Alongside the submarines, ships and airplanes participating in large-scale military exercises in the Pacific this month, a team of sea lions and dolphins are expected to patrol the sea. These marine animals will be flown in from San Diego for simulated mine recovery and mine detection during the biennial RIMPAC war games.

Reminds me of how I clear minefields in RTSes, send tons of cheap troops into the mines

[SadisticSid]

Dolphins have been used in military operations for decades. Granted, they don't kill giant communist squids with their sonar beams, but they have been trained to hunt and kill human divers as well as removing mines.

[Eishtmo]

I'm still more worried about alligators with chainsaws.

[aldo_14]

I'm still more worried about alligators with chainsaws.

Nah, no opposable thumbs, mate.

[Nuclear1]

ok, not quite but still kinda interesting
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/military_animals

Alongside the submarines, ships and airplanes participating in large-scale military exercises in the Pacific this month, a team of sea lions and dolphins are expected to patrol the sea. These marine animals will be flown in from San Diego for simulated mine recovery and mine detection during the biennial RIMPAC war games.

Reminds me of how I clear minefields in RTSes, send tons of cheap troops into the mines

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_animals

At the beginning of the War in Iraq, The Government of Congo proposed the idea of trained monkeys to clear minefields by running across them.

Close enough?

[aldo_14]

What about the mine-finding bees?

[Turnsky]

not entirely an unknown thing, there were the infamous bat bombs of WW2

[Knight Templar]

not entirely an unknown thing, there were the infamous bat bombs of WW2

Zul'Gurub 1942

[Ace]

Not to be confused with Arathi Basin 2: Modern Combat.

[Knight Templar]

mmmmmmm... Shadowmeld and Paladin Turtling. Quick, someone ticket a GM.

[Roanoke]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_animals

At the beginning of the War in Iraq, The Government of Congo proposed the idea of trained monkeys to clear minefields by running across them.

Close enough?

that would be so funny, if undeniably cruel. that's the sort of thing I'd expect to see in serious sam.

[brozozo]

Dolphins have been used in military operations for decades. Granted, they don't kill giant communist squids with their sonar beams, but they have been trained to hunt and kill human divers as well as removing mines.

I like how the article refers to the dolphins not only as dolpins, but MK 6 dolphins.

They're totally better than the MK 5s.

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

Actually, my brother has just said that something like this was done in Cambodia when mad cow disease broke out:  they would send the infected cows into minefields to clear them.

[Knight Templar]

Clear out the cows or the mines?

[Mars]

I think the idea is to clear out both at the same time.