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MK 4 uses dolphins to detect and mark the location of tethered sea mines floating off the bottom, while MK 7 dolphins are trained to detect and mark the location of mines on the sea floor or buried in sediment. The MK 8 team is trained to swiftly identify safe corridors for the initial landing of troops ashore.
A spate of dolphin attacks on swimmers in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture is being blamed on one bottlenose dolphin, who researchers believe may be particularly lonely, having been separated from a pod.
Trained dolphins and sea lions can find submerged divers. Both can see, and hear direction of sound, well underwater, and dolphins have natural sonar. [2]: 3 The United States Navy’s MK6 Marine Mammal System is supported by SPAWAR and uses dolphins to find and mark mines and divers in the water. This system was used in:
Mk 6 Triple 16"/45 Gun; Mk 7 Triple 16"/50 Gun; Mk 7 Talos Missile launcher; Mk 8 Triple 12"/50 Gun; Mk 9 Terrier Missile launcher; Mk 8 Torpedo; Mk 10 Terrier Missile launcher; Mk 11 Tartar Missile launcher; Mk 12 Talos Missile launcher; Mk 13 Missile Launcher; Mk 14 torpedo; Mk 15 torpedo; Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS; Mk 16 5 inch DP (Dual Purpose ...
TOKYO — A single bottlenose dolphin is believed to be behind a series of attacks on swimmers at a Japanese seaside town — possibly out of loneliness.. Japanese broadcaster NHK reported on Aug ...
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The Mark 7 was fitted with retractable stabilizer fins so it could be carried under fighter-bomber aircraft. The Mark 7 warhead ( W7 ) also formed the basis of the 30.5 inches (775 mm) BOAR rocket , the Mark 90 Betty nuclear depth charge , MGR-1 Honest John rocket, MGM-5 Corporal ballistic missile , and Nike Ajax surface-to-air missile.
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