Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Tuesday rejected rumors that Iran is using trained dolphins armed with explosives to block the Strait of Hormuz — but left the public wondering whether the US might have such a fantastical capability.
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The United States Navy has been training marine mammals for years. Getty Images “It’s still pretty low-level kinetics at this point in time, and I can’t confirm or deny whether we have kamikaze dolphins — but I can confirm they don’t,” he said.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine chuckled at the notion.
“I haven’t heard the kamikaze dolphin thing. It’s like sharks with laser beams, right?” he said, referring to a plot point in the 1997 secret agent satire “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.”
