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July 21, 2008

Every stop I make, I make a new friend

The SAS is training German sheperd spy dogs to operate behind the lines in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Sun reports the dogs are being trained to leap from planes at 25,000ft wearing their own oxygen masks and strapped to special forces teams. Once they land, the dogs will lead the way by finding enemy hideouts with cameras fixed to their heads. The images will then be beamed back to the troops, warning of rebel locations and ambushes.

Awesome. The only thing better I can imagine would be spy pigs licensed to kill.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at July 21, 2008 07:23 AM

Comments

How about Tines equipped with radio packs?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_fire_upon_the_deep

Posted by: The_Campblog at July 21, 2008 09:30 AM

I second the spy pig idea. Gives new meaning to the term "Baconator."

Posted by: Lickmuffin at July 21, 2008 11:14 AM

I like the pig idea too. Except, no parachutes, dead, semi-disemboweled and from a B-52.

Hopefully we could put a few crates of Prozac and some Playboys or something in there too.

Posted by: dpatten at July 21, 2008 04:30 PM

Add death-ray lasers to the cameras.

Posted by: harrison at July 22, 2008 12:22 PM