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In the 1980s the US Navy trained belugas to dive past a thousand feet through freezing water and find test torpedoes with no tracking beacon, because they could do it faster and cheaper than any machine at the time.

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (549+ words) When Cold War weapons sank into the abyss, the Navy discovered its most reliable retriever had a blowhole. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Mal James Published August 20, 2026 · How we edit At a time when the US Navy could…...