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It's not out of question that there could be a faction in Russia that would want to undermine the current regime. Edit: Or it could be a play by the current re
by jusssi 4y ago
It's not out of question that there could be a faction in Russia that would want to undermine the current regime.
Edit: Or it could be a play by the current regime against any competing factions.
- throwawaymaths 4y agoLots of people in Russia have family in Ukraine
- almost_usual 4y agoThat didn’t seem to stop an invasion and bombing campaign.
- throwawaymaths 4y agoI don't know, maybe stopping a full on military juggernaut led by a demagogue in power takes a more effort than a precision attack on an economic asset on an unguarded civilian (if strategic) asset with 500km long single point of failure
- 4gotunameagain 4y agoa faction with a submarine ?
- rasz 4y agoHey, Iv seen this movie!
- wil421 4y agoThey said it was 60-70 meters deep. You could hit them with an anchor and it happens regularly with different types of cables and pipes. Shouldn’t be too hard to mess one up with a decent size boat.
- 4gotunameagain 4y agoI am not an expert on this topic, far from, but I would expect that a pipeline with a working pressure of 200 bar cannot be damaged by an anchor
- lb1lf 4y agoIf that anchor had a couple of hundred kilos of explosives attached to it, it might... (Swedish seismic survey suggested the shock as the pipeline ruptured was consistent with an explosion 'equivalent to a couple hundred kilos of dynamite') I believe the pipeline walls are just north of 40mm thick, by the way)
- dreamcompiler 4y agoAlso well within professional scuba diving range. No submarine needed. Just a "fishing trawler."
- jusssi 4y agoDrug cartels have submarines, Peter Madsen had a submarine. But if anyone is seriously working on overthrowing the Russian government, they would need to gain support from the military sooner or later.