{"id":5431,"date":"2026-05-06T01:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5431"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T01:13:18","slug":"pete-hegseth-addresses-kamikaze-dolphin-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5431","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth addresses kamikaze dolphin rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Something seems a little fishy<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>The US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has incredibly addressed rumours that the US has a secret weapon that nobody knows about &#8211; kamikaze dolphins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Yep, that&#8217;s right, we&#8217;re over two months into the Iran war and we&#8217;re talking about weaponised dolphins &#8211; because that&#8217;s what serious governments do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:2\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This all comes after Fox News ran a story claiming that Iran themselves were using &#8216;kamikaze dolphins&#8217; against the Americans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>A decades-long dolphin conspiracy<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>These aquatic accusations of dolphin deployment have long been rumoured amongst the masses, thanks mainly to the mystery of the Cold War.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:3\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>To the surprise of many, dolphins have actually been used in war before, originally being trained under the U.S. Navy marine mammal programme in 1959.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:4\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Yes, this picture is real. Credit: Getty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:5\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Thanks to this previous use of dolphins in an actual war zone, and the classified nature of the operations in the Cold War, many started to develop theories about how the US may have evolved the programme since its inception.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Rumours spread that animals might be trained to:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Attack divers<\/li>\n<li>Deliver explosives<\/li>\n<li>Act as \u201cunderwater assassins\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Even the Soviets were involved, with rumours spreading that they had reportedly experimented more aggressively with the animal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:6\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:7\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Ultimately, these conspiracies have only been amplified by everyone&#8217;s favourite misinformation machine, the internet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Coupled with AI, posts have been going about in recent weeks claiming to show dolphins being weaponised against Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>&#8216;I can&#8217;t confirm of deny&#8217; <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Often, when a rumour becomes too big, it normally has to be quashed by the hand of authority, however, we must remember, this is no normal adminstration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Speaking earlier today about the situation in Iran and notably the Strait of Hormuz, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth addressed the rumours about &#8220;kamikaze dolphin&#8221;, by being rather coy (fish pun intended) about the whole thing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:8\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Almost breaking a cheeky smile, Hegseth said: &#8220;I can\u2019t confirm or deny whether we have kamikaze dolphins, but I can confirm they [Iran] don\u2019t.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Quite obviously, the whole thing was done tongue-in-cheek, but honestly, at this point who would be surprised if the Trump administration was indeed strapping bombs onto marine life to get an edge in this erratic war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Pete #Hegseth #addresses #kamikaze #dolphin #rumours<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something seems a little fishy The US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has incredibly addressed rumours that the US has a secret weapon that nobody knows about &#8211; kamikaze dolphins. Yep, that&#8217;s right, we&#8217;re over two months into the Iran war and we&#8217;re talking about weaponised dolphins &#8211; because that&#8217;s what serious governments do. 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