Available Now at a bookstore near you!

Order it online at Amazon!

Joan Collins on the Decline of British Civilization

The Man I've Always Needed--Mark Steyn's Latest

Tammy Bruce: The Rightwingnews.com Interview

Tammy Bruce: The Philadelphia Inquirer Story

Most Requested Tammy Bruce Columns

The Ugly Left

Tammy Bruce

President Reagan Changed Me

Tammy Bruce

Raze Falluja

Tammy Bruce

Respecting Marriage and Equal Rights

Tammy Bruce

For Um Haydar's Children

Tammy Bruce

Snuffy And Me

Tammy Bruce

Funny Lady

Tammy Bruce

By Category

News Lite
Pic of the Day

By Month

May 2007
April 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006

Atom
RSD
RSS 2.0

Powered by Movable Type
Designed by Sekimori

Sea lions and dolphins may join war games

HONOLULU - 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.

Six bottle-nosed dolphins would find the mines, while four California sea lions would help recover them.

"There are a number of mechanical systems that work to some degree in those areas, but not as well as the Navy would like them to work," said Tom Lapuzza, spokesman for the Navy's Marine Mammal Program. "Unmanned vehicles are becoming better at finding mines and being able to deal with them, but they are still not as good as the dolphins are."

June 22, 2006 07:47 PM · Permalink  ·