Posted on 09/28/2022 10:00:48 AM PDT by lightman
Two undersea leaks that began in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines were likely caused by underwater explosions, according to seismographic data.
Bjorn Lund, director of the Swedish National Seismic Network at Uppsala University, told NPR Wednesday that it is “very clear from the seismic record that these are blasts.” Neither of the gas pipelines were active when officials reported sudden losses of gas pressure late on Monday, which they said could only be caused by significant leaks.
“These are not earthquakes,” he added. “They are not landslides underwater.” And in an interview with Swedish television, Lund said he has “no doubt that these were explosions.”
His team was able to determine that the blasts occurred in the vicinity of the location of the pipelines. Both Danish and Swedish seismic agencies picked up the alleged explosions on Monday, he said.
“We’re not spot on, but we’re fairly close to the area of the leakage,” Lund told NPR, adding, “There’s nothing I could come up with that would produce this.”
H.I. Sutton, who has written on submarine warfare, said that where the alleged blasts occurred, the water was at a relatively shallow depth. Divers or unmanned vehicles could have easily accessed it, he wrote.
“The leak is near the Danish island of Bornholm, at 54.8762°, 15.4099° in [approximately] 70 meters of water,” he wrote on Twitter. “This would be divable 2 things do make it suspicious: a) It is just over 12 nautical miles from the Island in International waters b) the [exclusive economic zone] here is disputed here.” Blame
U.S. officials on Tuesday noted that there is a possibility that the leaks were caused deliberately. But European Union leaders were more explicit and said the damage was done intentionally.
“The European Union is deeply concerned about damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that has resulted in leaks in the international waters of the Baltic Sea,” the European Council said in a statement. “Safety and environmental concerns are of utmost priority. These incidents are not a coincidence and affect us all.”
Other officials, including Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, also suggested the incident was a deliberate act. No group or nation-state has claimed responsibility.
It’s “hard to imagine,” Frederiksen told European media outlets, that the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipeline leaks were “accidental.”
While some have suggested that Russia may have been behind the incident, it was denied by top officials in Moscow.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday told reporters that Russia isn’t behind the leaks, adding such claims are “quite predictable and also predictably stupid,” Reuters reported.
Both Nord Stream I and II run from Russia to Germany, with Nord Stream I delivering billions of cubic feet of natural gas from Russia to Europe over the years.
Since the start of the Ukraine conflict, Germany suspended the accreditation of Nord Stream II, and Nord Stream I has been plagued by shutdowns. Months after the start of the Ukraine–Russia conflict, EU officials said European countries would move to reduce dependence on Russian gas and other energy imports, including via Nord Stream I.
But Peksov said that the damage this week “is a big problem” for Russia.
“Firstly, both lines of Nord Stream … are filled with gas. The entire system is ready to pump gas and the gas is very expensive … now the gas is flying off into the air,” Peskov said.
“Are we interested in that? No, we are not, we have lost a route for gas supplies to Europe,” he added.
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Some say this is part of the great reset. Others say it is Bidung as Bidung did promise to do exactly this if Russia invaded. Still others think it is a Russian red flag. I think it is not a red flag as it would make absolutely no sense. I also believe options 1 and 2 are not necessarily mutually exclusive
This is crap.
It could have been socialist Biden.
It could have been numerous others hoping it would be blamed on socialist Biden.
Don’t overlook ELF and “Greenpeace”.
The USA government is the bad actor on the world stage.
Makes ya wonder where the Jimmy Carter was...
How much to they pay these people?
My money is on the US/Great Britain.
Russia NEEDS that pipeline for money there is NO WAY the Russians did this!! Biden did this BANK ON IT, he is dying to escalate this mess, he WANTS to be a wartime POTUS and he probably believes if this escalates the American people will rally around him and the Dems!! My gut tells me Biden did this!!
Samuel L. Jackson says “Check out the brain on Bjorn”.
Narrative
Narrative
Narrative
Narrative.
Biden confessed it before the fact, and so did Jake Sullivan.
War criminals and environmental criminals too.
I’m not sure what to believe....the world has gone nuts.
It is a pretty reasonable thing to evaluate. Earthquakes and landslides start more gradually and build up to a maximum and then fade . Explosions start at the maximum and then the vibrations fade. He’s not judging geopolitical suspicions but looking at the seismograph.
No one needed a seismologists to figure this out.
It’s a ‘planned’ nuts, though.
NCSWIC. Nothing, at nutty as it is.
"This was no boat accident..."
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