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25/03/03 - War on Iraq section
K-DOG the minehunter
By Harriet
Arkell, Evening Standard
This is K-Dog, the coalition forces' most surprising weapon against Iraq.
K-Dog and his handler Sgt Andrew Garrett are part of a multinational team,
CTU-55.4.3, consisting of Naval Special Clearance Team One, Britain's Fleet
Diving Unit Three, Australia's Clearance Dive Team, and two Explosive Ordnance
Disposal units.
A Pentagon spokesman said: "The team works in both deep and shallow waters,
looking for mines and marking them. Dolphins have been used like this by the US
Navy for more than 30 years, and have proved themselves more reliable than
robots."
He said that unlike robots, the dolphins did not run out of power, nor did
they go missing or have problems communicating from the sea bed.
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