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| Russian attacks on underwater pipelines and cables threaten the security of a billion people across Europe and America, NATO commander warns |
| 2024-04-17 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Warning comes as UK think tank urges govt to create undersea warfare strategy. More from regnum.ru NATO decided to scare the West with the “underwater Russian threat” Vice Admiral of the NATO Joint Naval Command Didier Malter spoke about the vulnerability of underwater communications in Europe and North America and called for their protection from possible “underwater hybrid warfare”, which should supposedly be expected from Russia. The British newspaper The Guardian reported this on April 16. “Right now we are paying special attention to the Russians, but it is very difficult to constantly monitor every cable. This is impossible,” he said. Malter said that over 90% of Western communications that provide Internet connections between the United States, Canada and Europe are underwater. As arguments about the supposed danger threatening them, he cited the incident with damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland. Despite statements by Finnish authorities that they had found evidence of the involvement of a Chinese ship, the vice admiral called for keeping an eye on Russia. The NATO representative emphasized that the alliance will not be able to protect all areas of underwater communications. According to Malter, each state is obliged to ensure the protection of its own communications. As Regnum reported, the damage to the Baltic connector gas pipeline was discovered in October 2023. In November, Risto Lohi, a spokesman for the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation, said that an anchor found nearby that damaged the pipeline most likely belonged to the Chinese vessel Newnew Polar Bear, which was passing through this area of water before the accident was discovered. The West has repeatedly made unfounded claims that Russia has plans to attack Europe. President Vladimir Putin called this nonsense on March 27, 2024. In his opinion, such rumors are spread in the West to intimidate the population and thus extort money from them. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #1 Who has blown NordStream? We'll probably never know.😎 |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-04-17 10:32 |