Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, broke from his normally stoic self over a question about the existence of Iranian “kamikaze dolphins” at Tuesday’s Pentagon press briefing.
When asked by the Daily Wire’s Mary Margaret Olohan about the existence of “kamikaze dolphins,” Caine showed his working knowledge of the Austin Powers movies, joking that it reminded him of “sharks with laser beams.” Dr. Evil, the antagonist in the comedy series, laments that all he wants is “sharks with fricking laser beams attached to their heads” to take out his nemesis.
“I haven’t heard the kamikaze dolphin thing. It’s like sharks with laser beams, right?” he said with a laugh, before pivoting to another question about the threshold for a breakdown of the U.S. ceasefire with Iran.
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in
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