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Extraordinary first images emerge of mangled Nord Stream: 165ft of blown-up Baltic Sea gas pipe is 'either missing or buried under the seabed' after it was attacked with 'extreme force'
2022-10-18
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • An explosion on September 26 caused four leaks in the Baltic Sea pipeline

  • Two leaks were in Denmark's exclusive economic zone and two in Sweden's

  • Investigators have been working to ascertain the cause of the damage

  • Swedish investigators said earlier this month evidence suggested sabotage

  • Footage released today showed 165 feet of pipeline was destroyed or buried

  • Danish investigators also said today 'powerful explosions' damaged the pipes

  • Fingers have been pointed at Russia after Moscow cut gas supplies to Europe
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  #3
Ah, a Sinister Pig. Done read that book.
Posted by: JHH   2022-10-18 23:55  

#6  Sweden's (now ex-) prime minister has denied the Reuters report in an interview with Reuters.
Posted by: European Conservative   2022-10-18 15:29  

#5  
Posted by: Cholutle Thrans9751   2022-10-18 15:17  

#4  Sweden withdraws from joint German-Danish investigation of Nord Stream leak, citing “national security”

BERLIN, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Sweden has rejected plans to set up a formal joint investigation team with Denmark and Germany to look into the recent ruptures of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, a Swedish prosecutor investigating the leaks

“citing national security” LOL
Secure from… NATO??
🤡
Posted by: Chaim   2022-10-18 11:41  

#3  Or Russian sabotage by use of a explosive 'pig' run inside the pipeline, which could be either the government, or dissidents.
Posted by: Nero   2022-10-18 11:33  

#2  Looks like it was blown from the inside outward, based on debris field in the videos and photos.
Until I see a crater caused by an external explosive, I'm still under the belief that hydrate plugs busted loose by a cleaning pig (or something similar).
Posted by: Mullah Richard OTR   2022-10-18 11:32  

#1  The video they showed had the metal bending outward. Which means the force came from inside the pipe. Datapoint which goes toward the theory of a hydro-plug that ruptured the pipe due to Russian incompetence.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-10-18 11:30  

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