Iran does not have “kamikaze dolphins”, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has said, but would not “confirm or deny” whether America did.
Speaking from the White House to the media alongside General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he was asked about reports of the marine mammals being deployed as weapons amid the ongoing Gulf crisis.
Mr Hegseth said: “I can’t confirm or deny whether we have kamikaze dolphins, but I can confirm they don’t.”
General Caine added: “I haven’t heard about kamikaze dolphins – it’s like sharks with laser beams right?”
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