the Lemniscat @theLemniscat –\u00a015:56 UTC \u00b7 Sep 27, 2022<\/a>US plan was always to stop EU buying Russia’s gas
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\nRice:”You want to change the structure of energy dependence. You want to depend more on the North America energy platform … to have pipelines that don’t go through Ukraine & Russia”
\nhttps:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=aF0uYIjaTNE<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nEurope’s, and especially Germany’s industry, depends on cheap energy from Russia. Without it Europe will be de-industrialized and go broke.<\/p>\n
The U.S. had threatened to disable the pipelines connecting Europe to Russia.<\/p>\n
ABC News @ABC –\u00a09:59pm \u00b7 7 Feb 2022<\/a>Pres. Biden: “If Russia invades…then there will be no longer a Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it.”
\nReporter: “But how will you do that, exactly, since…the project is in Germany’s control?”
\nBiden: “I promise you, we will be able to do that.”
\nabcn.ws\/3B5SScx<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nCurrently the\u00a0U.S. is winning its war on Europe’s, mainly Germany’s, industries and people<\/a>. Yesterday’s sabotage attack on the Nord Stream I and II pipelines, which are supposed to bring Russian natural gas to Germany, mean that the\u00a0the war on Germany has entered its hot phase<\/a>.<\/p>\n
A question remains: Whodunnit?<\/p>\n
Russia has no motive to destroy the pipelines it owns. These are valuable, long term assets and the gas that escaped from them yesterday was on its own worth some $600 to $800 million.<\/p>\n
During the war in Ukraine Russia has not stopped to deliver gas to Europe as contractually agreed. Instead European countries, Poland, Ukraine and Germany have blocked overland and sub sea pipelines that brought gas to Germany.<\/p>\n
German people have protested against the\u00a0U.S. ordered<\/a>\u00a0shut down of the Nord Stream II pipeline. (Nord Stream I was recently offline because Siemens was prevented by sanctions from maintaining its compressor turbines.)<\/p>\n
RadioGenova @RadioGenova –\u00a018:02 UTC \u00b7 Sep 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Thousands of people in Gera in Germany against Olaf Scholz’s policy and the explosion of energy and gas prices. They demand an end to sanctions on Russia and the reopening of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Demonstrations also in other German cities but EU media censors them.
\nEmbedded video<\/p><\/blockquote>\nA day after the protests the pipelines were sabotaged:<\/p>\n
AZ @AZmilitary1 –\u00a012:51 UTC \u00b7 Sep 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
HERE IT IS
\nFootage from the site of a gas leak on the underwater section of the Nord Stream.
\nThe video was published by the Danish military.
\nEarlier, the Kremlin said that it was most likely about sabotage.
\nThe same opinion was expressed in the German government.
\nEmbedded video<\/p><\/blockquote>\nYesterday’s attack on the Nord Stream system is not unprecedented:<\/p>\n
professional hog groomer @bidetmarxman –\u00a015:51 UTC \u00b7 Sep 27, 2022<\/a>In 2015, the annual routine underwater survey of the Nord Stream 1 pipelines came across a remote operated vehicle rigged with explosives right next to one of the lines in Swedish waters.
\nThe umbilical cable had been cut. The drone\u2019s national origin was never disclosed. 🧵<\/p><\/blockquote>\nIn 2015\u00a0Pipeline Journal<\/em>\u00a0reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n
[T]he Swedish military has successfully cleared a\u00a0remote operated vehicle (drone) rigged with explosives<\/strong>\u00a0found near Line 2 of the Nord Stream Natural Gas offshore pipeline system.The vehicle was discovered during a routine survey operation as part of the annual integrity assessment of the Nord Stream pipeline. Since it was within the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) approximately 120 km away from the island of Gotland, the Swedes called on their armed forces to remove and ultimately disarm the object.
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\nThe national identity of the drone has not been verified so far, as many countries use Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) of a similar construction, [Jesper Stolpe, Swedish Armed Forces spokesman,] said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nTo destroy a sub sea pipeline requires more than a ROV\/drone delivered shaped charge.<\/p>\n
Javier Blas @JavierBlas –\u00a015:18 UTC \u00b7 Sep 27, 2022<\/a>How strong is a Nord Stream pipe? Quite!
\nThe steel pipe itself has a wall of 4.1 centimeters (1.6 inches), and it’s coated with another 6-11 cm of steel-reinforced concrete. Each section of the pipe weighs 11 tonnes, which goes to 24-25 tonnes after the concrete is applied.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nIt wasn’t earthquakes that destroyed the pipelines. These were\u00a0several well targeted and massive explosions<\/a>:<\/p>\n
A Swedish seismologist said on Tuesday he was certain the seismic activity detected at the site of the Nord Stream pipeline gas leaks in the Baltic Sea was caused by explosions and not earthquakes nor landslides.Bjorn Lund, seismologist at the Swedish National Seismic Network at Uppsala University, said seismic data gathered by him and Nordic colleagues showed that the explosions took place in the water and not in the rock under the seabed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The targeted explosions were not small:<\/p>\n
Dagny Taggart @DagnyTaggart963 –\u00a015:56 UTC \u00b7 Sep 27, 2022<\/a>Swedish seismologists from Lund University noted that “at least 100 kg of TNT (perhaps more) were used to destroy the pipelines.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here is where the pipelines were hit:<\/p>\n
\nbigger<\/a><\/center>The Baltic Sea is\u00a0controlled by NATO<\/a>. This from June 2022:<\/p>\n“BALTOPS, with the high degree of complexity, tested our collective readiness and adaptability, while also highlighting the strength of our Alliance and resolve in providing a maritime domain with freedom of navigation for all,” said Vice Adm. Gene Black, commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO).Led by U.S. Sixth Fleet, BALTOPS 22 was command and controlled by STRIKFORNATO. From the staff\u2019s headquarters in Oeiras, Portugal, Rear Adm. James Morley, STRIKFORNATO deputy commander, was responsible for ensuring participants met all training objectives.
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\n[Rear Adm. John Menoni, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group Two,] also noted several instances in which forces stepped beyond know warfare methods to push limits with new technologies at sea and ashore. \u201cWhether it was\u00a0mine-hunting UUVs<\/strong>, persistent Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance from an observable UAV, or demonstrating the value of the emerging Marine Corps concept of Expeditionary Advance Base Operations (EABO), our men and women continue to develop the tactics, techniques, and procedures that ultimately make meaningful contributions to Maritime Domain Awareness and increase the lethality of our forces.\u201d<\/p>\nAt sea, ships fine-tuned tactical maneuvering, anti-submarine warfare, live-fire training,\u00a0mine countermeasures operations<\/strong>, and replenishments at sea. The Swedish submarine participating in the exercise, the U.K.\u2019s Daring-class air-defense destroyer HMS Defender (D 36), and aircraft from other participating nations trained in anti-submarine warfare. Meanwhile,\u00a0mine operations served as an ideal area of focus for testing new technology.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Scientists from five nations\u00a0brought the latest advancements in Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) mine hunting technology to the Baltic Sea to demonstrate the vehicle\u2019s effectiveness in operational scenarios<\/strong>.\u00a0The BALTOPS Mine Counter Measure Task Group ventured throughout the Baltic region practicing ordnance location, exploitation, and disarming in critical maritime chokepoints.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
While the Baltops 22 maneuver already took place in June and July of this year the U.S. Sixth Fleet left the Baltic Sea\u00a0only a few days ago<\/a>\u00a0(in German, my translation):<\/p>\n
Big Fleet Group From U.S. Navy Passes [German island passage] Fehmanbelt<\/strong>On Wednesday morning the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, escorted by the Landing Ships USS Arlington and USS Gunston Hall, was en route towards west. Previously, the ships were part of US units that took part in NATO maneuvers and called at numerous ports in Germany, Scandinavia and the Baltic States.<\/p>\n
The “USS Kearsarge”, flagship of the association and largest warship of the US Navy, which was in action in the Baltic Sea in the last 30 years, has 40 helicopters and fighter planes as well as more than 2000 soldiers on board, the escort ships about 1000. For the around 4,000 soldiers are heading back home on the east coast of the US after their six-month deployment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Parts of the Kearsange operations in the Baltic Sea were dedicated to test\u00a0special sub sea mine destruction technologies<\/a>:<\/p>\n
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\u00a0unmanned underwater vehicle mine hunting technology<\/strong>\u00a0to the Baltic Sea to demonstrate the vehicle\u2019s effectiveness in operational scenarios.<\/p>\n
Experimentation was conducted\u00a0off the coast of Bornholm, Denmark<\/strong>, 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Off the coast of Bornholm, Denmark, is where the pipelines were hit. Just days ago the USS Kearsarge was in that area:<\/p>\n
AZ @AZmilitary1 –\u00a013:52 UTC \u00b7 Sep 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
An expeditionary detachment of US Navy ships led by the universal amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge days ago was in the Baltic Sea
\nIt was 30 km from the site of the alleged sabotage on the Nord Stream-1 gas pipeline and 50 km from the threads of Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nbigger<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nAZ @AZmilitary1 –\u00a014:12 UTC \u00b7 Sep 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On September 2, interesting maneuvers performed by an American helicopter with the call sign FFAB123. Then it was assumed that this board was from the USS Kearsarge air wing, and today more details were looked.According to the website\u00a0ads-b.nl<\/a>\u00a0, this call sign was used by 6 boards that day, of which we managed to establish the side numbers of three. All of them are Sikorsky MH-60S.<\/p>\n
By superimposing the FFAB123 route on the scheme of yesterday’s accident, we get a rather interesting result \u2014 the helicopter either flew along the Nord Stream-2 highway, or even between the points where the accident occurred.<\/strong><\/p>\n
On Twitter, meanwhile, there were screenshots of other flights of American aviation \u2014 the following screenshot was taken on September 13.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\nbigger<\/a><\/center>The MH-60S carries big electromagnetic sensors which allows it to detect submarines, mines and – in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea –\u00a0 sub sea pipelines.<\/p>\n
\nbigger<\/a><\/center>This overlay picture of two others posted above is especially of interest:<\/p>\n
\nbigger<\/a><\/center>The U.S. military is not the only force that was near the area of the pipeline damage. Just a 100 kilometer south is the Polish naval base Kolobrzeg (the former German Kolberg) which harbors mine laying ships and the 8th Ko\u0142obrzeg Naval Combat Engineer Battalion. Naval combat engineers are experts in blowing up anything that is under water, be it mines or pipelines.<\/p>\n
\nbigger<\/a><\/center>In 2021, while Nord Stream 2 was still being build, the Polish navy had interfered and\u00a0endangered the pipe laying vessels<\/a>\u00a0in the very same place.<\/p>\nArtifaktus @bzyqer –\u00a07:49 UTC \u00b7 Sep 28, 2022<\/a>Gdy Wy mycie z\u0119by, przebieracie si\u0119 w pi\u017camy i szykujecie do snu, jeden niestrudzony Polak wyrusza w swoj\u0105 \u0142odzi\u0105 w kierunku Bornholmu maj\u0105c na sercu dobro Polski a mo\u017ce i Niemiec …<\/p>\n
Translated from Polish by Google
\nWhen you brush your teeth, put on your pajamas and get ready to go to sleep, one tireless Pole sets off in his boat towards Bornholm with the good of Poland and maybe Germany at heart …
\nImage<\/p><\/blockquote>\nDuring the recent Ukraine crisis Poland has rejected to receive Russian gas. It closed the Yamal pipeline that transports natural gas from Russia to Germany. Poland continued to consume Russia gas. It\u00a0received it from Germany<\/a>\u00a0which had received it through the Nord Stream I pipeline from Russia.<\/p>\n
Poland and Denmark have build a new sub sea pipeline which connects it to the pipeline that brings Norwegian gas to the Netherlands and Europe.<\/p>\n
\nbigger<\/a><\/center>The pipeline was opened yesterday, the very same day the Nord Stream system was sabotaged.<\/p>\nChancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland @PremierRP_en –\u00a011:25 UTC \u00b7 Sep 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
🇵🇱🤝🇩🇰 The #BalticPipe is a joint Polish-Danish investment in the energy security of the region.
\nImage<\/p><\/blockquote>\nChancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland @PremierRP_en –\u00a013:43 UTC \u00b7 Sep 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
🎥The launching ceremony of the #BalticPipe gas pipeline with participation of PM @MorawieckiM , PM of Denmark Mette Frederiksen & @prezydentpl @AndrzejDuda.
\nThe Baltic Pipe is a strategic infrastructure project aimed at creating a new gas supply corridor on the European market.
\nVideo<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe Baltic Pipe has a capacity of only 10 billion cubic meters per year. The Nord Stream system could carry up to 110 cubic meter per year. All of which is needed to keep Europe’s industries running.<\/p>\n
For more on Poland’s involvement, likely in cooperation with the U.S.,\u00a0read these informed speculations<\/a>\u00a0by John Helmer:<\/p>\n
The explosions at Bornholm are the new Polish strike for war in Europe against Chancellor Olaf Scholz. So far the Chancellery in Berlin is silent, tellingly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Poles should be reminded that other countries also have the capabilities to sabotage sub sea pipelines.<\/p>\n
Rados\u0142aw Sikorski is a former Minister of Defense and Foreign Minister of Poland. He is now a Member of the European Parliament. Yesterday he posted a picture of the gas escaping the damaged Nord Stream pipelines and\u00a0thanked the U.S.<\/a>\u00a0for blowing them up.<\/p>\n
\nbigger<\/a><\/center>Sikorski is married to the neoconservative writer Anne Appelbaum who is\u00a0notorious<\/a>\u00a0for her anti-Russian and\u00a0anti-German screeds<\/a>\u00a0widely published<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0U.S. media<\/a>.<\/p>\nIn 2014 during the Maidan coup in Ukraine another notorious neoconservative, Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, told the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, who should become the new prime minister of the Ukraine. She famously expressed her opinion about European concerns: “Fuck the EU<\/a>” Nuland said. She is currently the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.<\/p>\n
Over the last decades Germany has\u00a0financed the Euro zone<\/a>\u00a0with up to 1.24 trillion Euros. (See also this\u00a0thread<\/a>). This was possible because Germany was exporting lots of industrial products and had a yearly surplus from its trade. With Germany’s industry going down because a lack of cheap energy that surplus will vanish. Europe,\u00a0all of it<\/a>, will\u00a0become a poor continent<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Philip Pilkington @philippilk –\u00a021:23 UTC \u00b7 Sep 27, 2022<\/a>9\/ The European energy war will likely go down in history, together with the Treaty of Versailles and the trade wars of the 1930s, as one of the biggest economic policy errors in history.<\/p>\n
10\/ Another thing: when Trump was elected on a platform of milder protectionism, many people rightly pointed to the 1920s and 1930s and warned against these policies. These same people appear to have supported these much more 1920s\/30s-like policies this past year. Ironic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This does not happen by chance or fate. It is part of a\u00a0long term neoconservative plan<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0continued U.S. supremacy<\/a>\u00a0over the world. The Anglo-American axis is the only party to\u00a0benefit from the recent events<\/a>.<\/p>\n
The U.S. allegedly\u00a0warned Germany of sabotage<\/a>\u00a0of the Nord Stream system (in German).<\/p>\n
This reminds of President Joe Biden’s warning of a Russian invasion in Ukraine early this year.<\/p>\n
It is easy to predict such events when you are the one who intends to cause them.<\/p>\n
The U.S. knew that the Ukraine was going to launch an attack on the Donbas republics. The U.S. knew that Russia would intervene to help its brethren. Russia had said so. The Ukrainian attack\u00a0started with artillery preparations on February 17<\/a>. Russia intervened on February 24.<\/p>\n
The above is a collection of the currently available facts. You can draw your own conclusions from them.<\/p>\n
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