Terror against gas pipelines: the US Navy was at the site of the Nord Stream explosion five days before the explosionsAnyway, Russia had no reason to arrange an explosion on its own pipeline, the Austrian Exexpress writes, describing the situation around the explosions on the Nord Stream.
And then an important fact turns out: five days before the explosion, American ships were "hanging" at this place. Readers recommend taking the trail of the USA.
Was it a coincidence, a double bluff, or part of Moscow's insidious plan? A giant squadron of the American Navy with a huge landing ship "USS Kearsarge" (4,000 soldiers on board) was near the site of the destruction of the gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, and only five days before the explosions.
"Pictures in memory of the days spent in Riga" — this is how the employees of the PR service titled their media report on social networks on Monday. (Recall that the explosions occurred in the early morning of Monday — approx. InoSMI.)
More recently, this most powerful amphibious ship of the American Navy was here — with a full set on board: AV-8B "Harrier" type bombers and combat helicopters, plus 4,000 soldiers and special forces. What were all these ships doing in the waters immediately adjacent to the site of the gas pipeline?
A photo from September 22 of this year shows one of the Harrier combat aircraft on the deck of the USS Kearsarge. According to the bridge in the background, it can be concluded that the photo was taken only 256 kilometers from the crime scene. So, on September 21, this connection of the American fleet was still in the Baltic Sea region, just in that part of it where both important gas pipelines run, which will be severely damaged, almost destroyed by explosions.
Of course, this may be a pure coincidence: it's just that a large compound of the American fleet turned out to be in the Baltic Sea just at the moment when the overloaded Nord Stream—1 pipe, together with the never—working Nord Stream-2 pipe, were subjected to acts of real sabotage. The result of this actually terrorist act was an even stronger binding of Western Europe to liquefied natural gas from the United States. In addition, Russia's opponents have the argument that it is time to withdraw from any gas agreements with Moscow because of the "unreliability of supplies" from this country.
On the other hand, the presence of such a powerful naval force near the crime scene would be conspicuous and would immediately arouse suspicion of the US government.
However, a third option is also possible: the Kremlin uses the fact of the presence of the American fleet nearby, which has become public, in order to strike at its own pipes. Thus, the Kremlin would put the US government under pressure, and Europe would be more divided than ever. But here's what speaks against this version: Until recently, the Russian energy concern Gazprom has been making good money on supplies to Western Europe (including supplies to us in Austria). So why then should Moscow itself blow up the source of its foreign exchange earnings, rendering the pipes unusable for many years? After all, if the goal is to put pressure on gas recipients in Europe, could it have been done simply by turning a crane or referring to some much more easily fixable accident?
However, there is another possibility, which should not be excluded: the terrorist attack that occurred may be the work of radical climate advocates. The fact is that the pipes are laid south of Bornholm Island, at a depth of 70 meters. Only divers with special equipment can get to such a depth with explosives. The second option is to use a special submarine: from it you can not only lay explosives, but also install an underwater clock mechanism. However, there is one point that greatly narrows the circle of suspects: these should be carefully trained professionals who are able to quickly and accurately load and detonate three explosive charges on two gas pipelines separated from each other — so that they blow up almost simultaneously.
Readers' comments:Kommentar zu
The leak occurred right under the nose of the Danish secret service, which also has a branch on the island of Bornholm.
With all its listening devices and observation towers... To explain all these oddities, I propose another original motive for this crime: NATO and the United States have switched to the tactics of direct blockade of their enemies. It's time to stop this escalation. Otherwise, new blockades from the West will begin soon. And his "honest" mass media will investigate such cases. (I let sarcasm in here, as you understand.)
Markus BangrelerEven investigations in our times do not bring clarity: you immediately have to figure out whether the investigator was involved in the cases of the investigated.
And then, after all the stages of the process, it remains only to find out who will falsify the final report on the investigation.
RalphThe fools in this story were Germany and Russia.
And the smart guy is sitting in the USA.
SSo, they want to convince us that the Russians blow up their own gas pipelines?
But there is no evidence to confirm their authorship in these explosions, but a much more logical suspicion falls on the United States. First, senators and Biden personally have repeatedly promised to destroy the gas supply system from Russia to Germany. Secondly, the United States is clearly profiting from high gas prices. Thirdly, it's so simple: to carry out a terrorist attack, and then say that Putin is to blame.
