Posted on 09/28/2022 10:08:18 AM PDT by MNDude
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines were likely “an act by Russia” to place economic pressure on European allies of Ukraine.
European leaders have said leaks that have happened on Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, two pipelines that carry natural gas under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany and supply Europe, may represent acts of intentional sabotage by Russia to punish Europe’s support of Ukraine.
“We’ve seen over and over [Russian President] Vladimir Putin use energy as a weapon against the West to try and undermine NATO’s unity in the face of his brutal invasion of Ukraine,” Coons said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said that “deliberate actions” caused the leaks after seismologists detected explosions before the leaks began.
Coons said turning off the West’s access to Russia’s supply of natural gas is Putin’s only chance of weakening NATO’s resolve to support Ukraine, but strong bipartisan support remains in Congress to continue the aid.
Biden administration officials spoke to Danish officials on Tuesday on the “apparent sabotage” of the natural gas pipelines. U.S. officials have so far declined to speculate what could be causing the leaks.
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It is interesting that this is one of only a few major controversies on FR where one side or the other hasn’t been banned or sent into a caucus safe space.
Our government lies on top of it’s own lies.
Link takes you to the Seapower article.
Seapower is the official publication of the U.S. Navy League.
“BALTOPS 22: A Perfect Opportunity for Research and Testing New Technology “
BALTIC SEA — A significant focus of BALTOPS every year is the demonstration of NATO mine hunting capabilities, and this year the U.S. Navy continues to use the exercise as an opportunity to test emerging technology, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Public Affairs said June 14.
In support of BALTOPS, U.S. Navy 6th Fleet partnered with U.S. Navy research and warfare centers to bring the latest advancements in unmanned underwater vehicle mine hunting technology to the Baltic Sea to demonstrate the vehicle’s effectiveness in operational scenarios.
Experimentation was conducted off the coast of Bornholm, Denmark, with participants from Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport, and Mine Warfare Readiness and Effectiveness Measuring all under the direction of U.S. 6th Fleet Task Force 68.
BALTOPS is an ideal location for conducting mine hunting experimentation due to the region’s unique environmental conductions such as low salinity and varying bottom types. It is also critical to evaluate emerging mine hunting UUV technology in the Baltic due to its applicability with allied and partner nations. This year experimentation was focused on UUV navigation, teaming operations, and improvements in acoustic communications all while collecting critical environmental data sets to advance the automatic target recognition algorithms for mine detection.
“In prior BALTOPS we demonstrated advanced capabilities to detect, reacquire and collect images of mine contacts, and transfer those images in near real-time to operators through the use of a specialized Office of Naval Research UUV,” said Anthony Constable, Office of Naval Research science advisor to U.S. 6th Fleet. “This year, through the work of NIWC Pacific and NUWC Newport, we are showing that this capability can be integrated into programs of record by executing complex multi-vehicle UUV missions with modified U.S. Navy fleet assets.”
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good find
Why would Russia hamstring themselves?
There’s no reason to blow up a pipeline you already control
Libtards want to force the sanctions whether europe wants them or not and don’t control the flow. That’s why they did this
ANALYSIS: Nord Stream Pipelines Sabotaged, and Only One Country Benefits
Particularly this:
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And finally, we need to pay attention to the June article (https://seapowermagazine.org/baltops-22-a-perfect-opportunity-for-research-and-resting-new-technology/ ) in Sea Power, where the Americans brag about experiments in the field of underwater drones, which they put on exercises BALTOPS 22 — just in the area of the island of Bronholm.
I know there has been a lot of speculation as to how this was done. I offer that someone could have launched an inspection pig down the pipe with an explosive charge attached.
Could explain the how, if there was no massive explosion. The line would have had to be shut down to insert the pig.
“Seapower” links just above at 60 and 63.
Best article on the event:
Whodunnit? - Facts Related to The Sabotage Attack On The Nord Stream Pipelines
[New from Moon of Alabama]
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/09/whodunnit-facts-related-to-the-sabotage-attack-on-the-nord-stream-pipelines.html
For decades the U.S. opposed European projects to receive energy from Russia. It wants Europe to buy more expensive U.S. oil and gas.
Europe’s, and especially Germany’s industry, depends on cheap energy from Russia. Without it Europe will be de-industrialized and go broke.
The U.S. had threatened to disable the pipelines connecting Europe to Russia.
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“Within a week, there will be an all out propaganda campaign by Western leaders and MSM outlets to blame the sabotage on Russia.”
It wasn’t a week, it was within an hour! ------------------------------------------------------------
“It is interesting that this is one of only a few major controversies on FR where one side or the other hasn’t been banned or sent into a caucus safe space.”
I agree. I guess when Tucker Carlson suggests it, it is considered mainstream thought.
Yet.
A pig down the line means Russia did it, or do you hypothesize space aliens?
Personally, I like the three asteroids in a row theory as more likely.
/sarcasm
Not good. I am disheartened to think the military would go along with this. Then again, there was Wesley Clark.....
This is what U.S./deep state does. They overthrow, destabilize and create chaos in other countries who don’t fall in line.
“The Russians did it. I was wind surfing the Baltic Sea at 2 am, and a small sub surfaced, the captain was wearing a St. George’s ribbon and told me that wasn’t safe for a Khokhol faggot to be doing that here. I ignored him and carried on. Moments later my board sank due to negative buoyancy from gas in the water. I swam here and immediately made a statement to police.”
~ Jussie Smollett {on behalf of Empire)
Same script writers apparently.
Our tax dollars at work. The American people sure do consent to a lot.
Yeah, and Poland’s pipeline is coming on-line today. They’re shoving Putin’s nose in it. Hopefully he doesn’t respond, but I wouldn’t put a bet on the continued existence of the Baltic Pipe.
I'm blaming the dolphins. I think they did it on porpoise.
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