Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage: How an Attack Could Have Been Carried out and Why Europe Was Defenceless

Oct 5, 2022 | Christian Bueger, Conversation
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Whatever caused the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, it appears to be the first major attack on critical “subsea” (underwater) infrastructure in Europe. It’s now widely thought – not least by Nato – that the explosions that led to major leaks in the two pipelines were not caused by accidents. The alliance says they were a deliberate act of sabotage.