Fears Russia has planted mines on internet and power lines after pipe blast
Another probable cause, according to a British military source, is that the Russians special ops may have discreetly laid mines from a disguised commercial vessel and detonated them days or weeks later.
Enterprise uses sonar and mini sub drones to scan the seabed for signs of interference such as mines and monitors on cables and pipes.sent millions of cubic metres of methane boiling to the sea’s surface and pushed sky-high gas prices even higher.Mr Wallace refused to explicitly blame Russia for the Nord Stream blasts.He said: “We often see suspicious activity by Russian spy ships in the region of our cables and pipelines.
"All of us are deeply vulnerable, because we’re so dependent on our internet cables and pipelines in the North Sea oil fields." He also vowed to rush through the purchase of two ocean survey ships, including a specialist “seabed warfare” vessel.
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