Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week: NoKo unleashes its military dogs
By Rebecca Frankel Best Defense Chief Canine Correspondent Amidst the more comical propaganda intended to intimidate coming out of North Korea this week was this video of the country’s military dogs. Unless these dogs are high on methamphetamines, the footage has clearly been manipulated, sped up as they launch over walls and through half-lit rings ...
By Rebecca Frankel
By Rebecca Frankel
Best Defense Chief Canine Correspondent
Amidst the more comical propaganda intended to intimidate coming out of North Korea this week was this video of the country’s military dogs.
Unless these dogs are high on methamphetamines, the footage has clearly been manipulated, sped up as they launch over walls and through half-lit rings of fire moving at herculean speeds. As the handlers shout and make angry gestures, the dogs pounce on paper likenesses of South Korea’s defense minister, Kim Kwan-jin (NoKo’s "Enemy No. 1"). Tactically speaking, these dogs — of which there appear to be only five or six — have all the precision and training of a rabid mob. I suppose that might be frightening in its own right, but it would be a mistake to assume a military dog is a super threat just because he/she is savage. The really "dangerous" dogs are the ones who are impeccably controlled by their handlers.
So, who should be afraid of North Korea’s war dogs? Probably no one.
I sent the clip over to a career dog handler over at the USAF Academy, Kennel Master Chris Jakubin, who after viewing the footage of NoKo’s dogs attacking stuffed mannequins said it had the intimidating power of a Benny Hill skit. All it needs, he said, is the music.
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