Because they are smug and self-satisfied, get in line.
Posted on 09/29/2022 3:29:26 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) questions Victoria Nuland, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee to examine US Russia Policy…
”I don’t want that pipeline operational
(Excerpt) Read more at youtu.be ...
“Why Victoria Nuland Is Dangerous and Should Not Be Confirmed”
https://justworldeducational.org/2021/03/why-victoria-nuland-is-dangerous-and-should-not-be-confirmed/
When you have the SALON busting her arse, you know the sh*t smells bad and something a can of Febreze spray is not going to overcome..
“Who is Victoria Nuland? A really bad idea as a key player in Biden’s foreign policy team”
https://www.salon.com/2021/01/19/who-is-victoria-nuland-a-really-bad-idea-as-a-key-player-in-bidens-foreign-policy-team/
Foreign Policy Magazine describes here as...
“The Undiplomatic Diplomat”
https://foreignpolicy.com/2015/06/18/the-undiplomatic-diplomat/
The woman is utter cancer though she is quite beloved by the NEOCONs and military industrial complex.
The words conspiracy and theory don’t work good together anymore.
She really is something else
Germany might want to to hold on to their tanks instead of giving them to Ukraine until they find out who is exactly responsible for blowing up their pipeline.
sad but true.
following is full of interesting bits, especially given Aljaz is no big fan of Russia and is a major LNG exporter. mentions pipelines might never be repairable - salt water corrosion, mentions US authority over the area where explosions took place, etc:
29 Sept: Youtube: 5m58s: Aljazeera: LATEST UPDATES: Nord Stream pipeline damage: Sweden reports a fourth leak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZGzySUXZwE
“Last night, I heard and read the White House press secretary’s explanations, which are not even ridiculous any longer, they are pathetic, and they evoke deep sympathy and pity,” Zakharova
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s attempts to explain away US President Joe Biden’s remarks about ending the Nord Stream 2 project were pathetic, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the Soloviev Live TV channel
“Speaking of where the NS incident occurred; There have been allegations that those are neutral waters and so on. But in fact, that is the exclusive economic zone of Denmark and Sweden, the very NATO-centric countries that are stuffed with US-made weapons and which are fully controlled by American intelligence agencies, who have full control over the situation over there,” - Zakharova
Moscow insists on a probe into the circumstances of “unprecedented attacks” on Russian Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the Russian embassy to the United States said on Wednesday.
“We note the attempts by some U.S. legislators to put blame on Russia for the incidents that occurred on Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines,” it said. “Perhaps, they have a better view from the top of Capitol Hill. But if that is the case, they must also have seen the U.S. warships’ activities at the very site of the Russian infrastructure disruption just the day before. Or noticed drones and helicopters fly over there. Or observed U.S. Navy exercises with underwater explosives that have been conducted in the same area some time ago. Finally, they should have recalled the promises made by President Biden to “bring an end” to the Nord Stream 2 project.”
“What is obvious to us is that those who ponder about the incident seem to forget to ask the main question: who benefits from the pipelines’ rupture? The answer is on the surface. The decades-long energy trade between Moscow and Europe has long turned into an eyesore for Washington strategists. Unable to offer a decent alternative to reliable and, no less importantly, cheap supplies of gas, the U.S. decided to “squeeze out” Russia as a competitor using non-market methods and sanctions,” the embassy noted. “Washington is trying hard to get its allies hooked on an expensive and environmentally unfriendly “LNG needle”.
“For our part, we insist on the need for a comprehensive and objective examination of the circumstances of the unprecedented attacks on Russian pipelines. To discuss this issue, the Russian Federation will convene an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council,”
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If the UN "discusses" this and seriously tries to conclude that Russia did it, that might kill the UN as any sort of body to take seriously. Which would be awesome.
⚡️BREAKING NEWS⚡️
Kremlin Spokesman Peskov says Western media reports about Russian military presence in area of Nord Stream gas pipeline leaks (https://t.me/IntelRepublic/5829) are “biased news”, and that many more NATO military forces were there.
Peskov also states Putin will hold SERIES of private meetings this evening, and he may also make “several” international telephone conversations.
Leaks (https://t.me/IntelRepublic/5829) in Nord Stream pipelines an EXTREMELY dangerous situation that requires urgent investigation, but there is acute unwillingness of many countries to make contact and cooperate with Russia - Kremlin Spokesman Peskov.
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Especially when what has happened is described by such words as "overt" and "act" and "of" and "war."
This thing will get out of hand
It will escalate in unexpected ways
We will be lucky to survive.
Xi and Putin met two weeks ago in Uzbekistan and discussed what? The cover story was that “The Russian leader revealed that Xi has concerns over the war in Ukraine’. Did Putin tell Xi that he would annex 20% of Ukraine right after he disabled the Nord pipelines? I would like to see how much the pipelines actually suffered and how soon they could be repaired.
[I agree 100% with this take, a further excerpt from the April 2021 article I posted above.]
Forces and means of the enemy
What military means can be used by a party wishing to harm the pipeline? There is an answer to this question.
The pipeline mainly runs at depths of about 100-150 meters, often closer to a hundred. The use of combat swimmers for sabotage at such a depth is excluded - the need to undergo decompression requires the presence of a vessel with a pressure chamber somewhere nearby, which in itself is a strong unmasking factor. In addition, such an operation takes time. The use of depth charges will unequivocally indicate that the military of some country was working. In addition, the stealth factor again arises - a ship with this weapon will not have time to leave after its use. The attack must be completely invisible.
Under such conditions, the most likely means to attack the pipeline is the so-called mine destroyer - a disposable uninhabited underwater vehicle (UUV), controlled from a surface ship via a fiber-optic cable, having its own television camera and a simple sonar. Such devices are in service with foreign fleets in huge quantities. The device carries an explosive charge on board, the remote detonation of which destroys the mine.
The main feature in the case of Nord Stream is that the device can be secretly launched from a ship located quite far (several kilometers) from the pipeline, and connected to the pipeline remotely. The explosion of the apparatus will be carried out when the ship is not next to it. It will be enough for the crew of the ship to simply throw the control equipment overboard in order to calmly leave the place of sabotage.
Poland has the ability to use such devices. The US, of course, too. In addition, the mercenary industry developed in the United States makes it possible to work not with the hands of their own military personnel or the military personnel of the Polish Armed Forces, but to use mercenaries to train some kind of “cannon fodder” for such an operation. For example, even from Ukraine, whose citizens are well aware of how the launch of Nord Stream 2 will turn out for their country.
Nord Stream 2 requires military protection
[ARTICLE FROM APRIL 2021]
The West continues to put pressure on Russia to stop the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline - and the most important event in this chain was the Polish military provocations. Can opponents of the gas pipeline resort to real military operations against Nord Stream 2 - and if so, what should Russia counter this with?
Recall that in early April 2021, the situation around the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline seriously escalated. A significant number of civilian ships and warships (mostly Polish), as well as submarines, made dangerous maneuvers around the pipeline construction vessel Fortuna. Polish military aircraft flew around and over the construction site.
Real provocations and future sabotage
In parallel with the provocative actions, a number of Western officials made statements according to which Russia allegedly intends to use the pipeline to seize the Baltic, place its warships along it, and reconnaissance equipment on it. An example is an article by Polish official Stanislaw Zaryn, representative of the Polish Minister Coordinating Special Services, in the US online publication Defense News, in which he “warns” the US and the West that Russia may place “intelligence systems” on the pipeline. Similar insinuations have been heard in the West before, including from higher-ranking officials and politicians.
These statements, it can be assumed, are made in order to politically exclude in advance the possibility of Russia installing security systems near the pipeline and guarding it by our ships. To make it so that with any attempt by Russia to guarantee the safe operation of Nord Stream 2 by special means, a scandal could be raised on the topic of “Russian aggression”. We are talking, in particular, about systems that would not allow sabotage to be carried out on it (the Poles are trying to present this equipment in advance as “reconnaissance systems”).
In other words, opponents of the strategic Russian gas pipeline want Nord Stream 2 to be technically defenseless against possible military operations. So, if necessary, it could be disabled with the help of sabotage means. Moreover, the “respected partners” have all the means for this. It sounds like some kind of cheap conspiracy theory, but, alas, there are no other rational explanations for these actions and statements.
Enough has already been said about the political and economic meaning of the attacks on Nord Stream 2 and Ukraine, the United States, and a number of other countries. It has been repeatedly stated that the construction of the gas pipeline is categorically unacceptable for both Kyiv and Washington. The commissioning of Nord Stream 2 will cause significant damage both to Ukraine and to the political course of the West to isolate our country. Numerous sanctions have already been adopted against the gas pipeline and new ones have been announced. And if all this does not help, it is quite possible to assume that military methods will be adopted. Of course, secret, because open military aggression against the gas pipeline is politically impossible.
Forces and means of the enemy
What military means can be used by a party wishing to harm the pipeline? There is an answer to this question.
The pipeline mainly runs at depths of about 100-150 meters, often closer to a hundred. The use of combat swimmers for sabotage at such a depth is excluded - the need to undergo decompression requires the presence of a vessel with a pressure chamber somewhere nearby, which in itself is a strong unmasking factor. In addition, such an operation takes time. The use of depth charges will unequivocally indicate that the military of some country was working. In addition, the stealth factor again arises - a ship with this weapon will not have time to leave after its use. The attack must be completely invisible.
Under such conditions, the most likely means to attack the pipeline is the so-called mine destroyer - a disposable uninhabited underwater vehicle (UUV), controlled from a surface ship via a fiber-optic cable, having its own television camera and a simple sonar. Such devices are in service with foreign fleets in huge quantities. The device carries an explosive charge on board, the remote detonation of which destroys the mine.
The main feature in the case of Nord Stream is that the device can be secretly launched from a ship located quite far (several kilometers) from the pipeline, and connected to the pipeline remotely. The explosion of the apparatus will be carried out when the ship is not next to it. It will be enough for the crew of the ship to simply throw the control equipment overboard in order to calmly leave the place of sabotage.
Poland has the ability to use such devices. The US, of course, too. In addition, the mercenary industry developed in the United States makes it possible to work not with the hands of their own military personnel or the military personnel of the Polish Armed Forces, but to use mercenaries to train some kind of “cannon fodder” for such an operation. For example, even from Ukraine, whose citizens are well aware of how the launch of Nord Stream 2 will turn out for their country.
The risk of launching such a UUV from a submarine is low. No one in the Baltic has powerful enough NLAs that could be launched through a 53 cm torpedo tube (standard for NATO), intelligence can uncover their development, and such a loss of surprise is unacceptable. The modernization of the submarine to carry the NPA from the outside, perhaps, will also be opened - and is also unacceptable. And this means that the main threat will be the threat from surface carriers.
There is a solution
Thus, our opponents have already clearly demonstrated their willingness to harm the project, and the security of Nord Stream (both) cannot be left to chance. The risk of sabotage against Nord Stream 2 using uninhabited underwater vehicles at least does not look zero. What should Russia do in such a situation?
It would be worth creating a pipeline defense system. And not only the second line of the Nord Stream, but also the first - the interruption of any of them is fraught with the same problems for Russia.
The basis for such a system should be hydroacoustic equipment that allows detecting the use of UUVs. This equipment could be placed on surface ships, which could patrol the waters, at the bottom of which the pipeline lies. As a means of rapid response, one can consider a helicopter with a special unit on board, capable of quickly advancing to the area of the proposed operation of the NPA and detecting a vessel or carrier ship from the air.
It is hardly possible in this case to create a system that can prevent an attack in all cases. But it is quite possible to create a system for guaranteed interception of UUV carriers. This will create a reality for our adversaries in which they may be able to damage the pipeline, but absolutely cannot escape. And the operation against the Russian gas pipeline will definitely not be a secret. And this will make the operation technically possible, but politically impossible.
[more at link]
Putin’s response to the pipeline attacks..
‘I am not against the citizens of Europe, it’s your leaders who are against the citizens of Europe’
https://twitter.com/jungliat/status/1575247194336415744
>Once is xxxxx.
Happenstance. Goldfinger, to Bond.
Why is her name placard in Cyrillic?
Your PPT jpeg type graphic puts together imagery and statements which are simply not known as related.
From your graphic —
NATO Ship *M54, MARCOM, and Exercise “Dynamic Messanger 22” location and description were not, and are not being held in the Baltic Sea.
NATO vessel M54 IS a Lithuanian flagged sea mine hunter, which has been, and is currently in the Atlantic (link below) —
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FOR THE EXERCISE — POSTED FOR ALL TO SEE
SiteName MARCOM
Also (from your post): bit.ly/3LQaY7Y
About MARCOM
Dynamic Messenger 22 - NATO Unmanned Maritime Systems exercise
SEP 24 2022
DYNAMIC MESSENGER 22 - NATO UNMANNED MARITIME SYSTEMS EXERCISE
🔹️ Exercise Location - TROIA, Portugal 🔹️
At the Maritime Operational Experimentation Centre (CEOM), Troia, Portugal
Distinguished Visitors Day marked the end of REPMUS22 and the beginning of Dynamic Messenger 2022 (DYMS22).
🇺🇸 Exercises REPMUS22 and DYMS22 present opportunities to test the interoperability of new maritime unmanned systems, ensuring that Allies can work together to counter current and future security challenges.
🇺🇸 Over two weeks in September, REPMUS22 focused on testing and training; integrating new technologies in the maritime domain. DYMS22, which begins on 25th September, follows suit, with a focus on practical operational training with new maritime technologies and readiness.
🇺🇸 Dynamic Messenger is the first full NATO operational experimentation exercise that specifically focuses on integrating unmanned systems into the maritime domain, and more specifically NATO Task Groups at sea, with more than 18 ships, 48 unmanned assets and 1500 personnel from 16 NATO nations participating.
MARCOM also committed two of NATO’s Standing Naval Groups to support this operational experimentation initiative. Over months of planning, scenarios created alongside industry and academia are being tested, utilising both well-established and cutting-edge unmanned technology.
🇺🇸 These scenarios include such topics as counter-mine warfare, port protection, countering conventional submarine threats, and addressing asymmetrical threats such as terrorism.
“We build naturally on the success of REPMUS as a well-established exercise and now take on the next step in the integration of these capabilities into our platforms at sea” said Vice Admiral Keith Blount, Commander of Allied Maritime Command. “That drives tactics, training, procedures, education and the doctrine that we follow. Experimentation is an accelerant to make sure that we think ahead and stay ahead”.
Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is playing a pivotal role guiding experimentation and harnessing the unique opportunities presented by the structure of the exercise. The work conducted by ACT to date is advancing lessons learned, helping to introduce Minimum Viable Products for Maritime Situational Awareness and providing expertise for analysis and assessment of experiments.
“Exercises like this, can help showcase opportunities for allies to see where they may want to invest in the future,” said Vice Admiral Guy Robinson, Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation. “We always try to look ahead and ensure we maintain that competitive edge and to embrace new technologies when the time is right for the alliance.”
DYMS22, provides an opportunity for NATO personnel to work alongside the private sector and academia, employing flexible operational experimentation techniques to quickly verify and assess an array of benefits potential solutions may offer to capability development. Exercising with a deliberate focus on operational experimentation allows for the collection of data, which finds its way into the cycle of capability development that will then inform NATO Allies how they might seamlessly work together in all domains in order to deter aggressors and defend the Alliance, today and in the future.
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🔹️ NATO M54 in your photo, is a Lithuanian flagged sea mine hunter, has been, and is currently tracking and located in the North Atlantic
🔹️ Other info - Kursis (M54) NATO WARSHIP
Kursis (M54) NATO WARSHIP is a military ops ship sailing under the flag of Lithuania. Her IMO number is 1 and MMSI number is 277179000. Main ship particulars are length of 60 m and beam of 10 m.
Other info from — https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/2013/02/military-ship-track.html
Not throwing in the Map Graphics, but other voyage data - Present Location, Next port, Estimated (ETA) and Predicted Time of Arrival (PTA), Speed, Course, Draught, Photos, Videos, Local Time, UTC time, are all there.
I have personally taken part in several related TYPE exercises over the past 2 decades, alongside Seals and SAS.
THIS EXERCISE LOOKS LIKE A GOOD EXERCISE (as Russia and Iran are not signatories to any Sea Mine agreement or convention) AND AS WELL AS SOME FUN!
Gotta get a few hours of sleep ...
WOULD HAVE BEEN AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE! TRULY WISH I COULD HAVE TAKEN PART 🇺🇸🎚
Because they are smug and self-satisfied, get in line.
Is that woman FINALLY going to pay for sone some responsibility for all the damage she has caused.
I’m tired of seeing and hearing what she has done...and then
NOTHING.
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