The view taken from a Danish F-16 interceptor aircraft of the Nord Stream 2 gas leak near Dueodde, Denmark, on Tuesday. This leak is one of three on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea; the other two are located on Nord Stream 1 near BornholmThe suspected Russian bombing of two gas pipelines on the Baltic seabed has put Europe on high alert for a devastating attack on its critical infrastructure. Military analysts said the Kremlin could easily wreak havoc by cutting sub-sea data cables or destroying another pipeline, as a British defence source suggested the “premeditated” sabotage could have been prepared by underwater drones that laid the explosives weeks beforehand. SponsoredFuture targets could include the cables that carry sensitive financial information across the Atlantic, risking a market crash, or those that supply internet access to entire regions such as the Orkneys, the Shetlands or parts of Italy, according to one former US navy strategist. The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines from Russia to Germany sprang three leaks after

Source: The Times September 29, 2022 03:36 UTC