The World’s Largest Stockpile Of Nuclear Weapons Are Guarded By Dolphins

A dolphin exposes a detecting device on its fin as it jumps from the sea during a patrol in Manama, Bahrain, on August 11, 2003.

Business Insider: Military dolphins help defend the world's largest stockpile of nuclear weapons

Naval Base Kitsap, a marine base 20 miles from Seattle, may be home to the world's largest single-location arsenal of nuclear weapons, and it's defended by dolphins trained by the US Navy.

"Nearly one-quarter of America’s 9,962 nuclear weapons are now assigned to the Bangor submarine base on Hood Canal, 20 air miles northwest of downtown Seattle," the Seattle Times reported in 2006.

Bangor was the name of a base that merged with another to form Kitsap in 2004.

"This makes Bangor the largest nuclear weapons storehouse in the United States, and possibly the world," according to the Seattle Times.

Update: World’s Largest Stockpile of Nuclear Weapons Guarded by Flipper -- Sputnik

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