Blowing Holes in Seymour Hersh's Pipe Dream

Re:Blowing Holes in Seymour Hersh's Pipe Dream by DeLeeuw on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:28PM (#34744482)

I agree with you, but I would take Ukraine off the list, although they had a strong motive.

Ukraine's strategic cornerstone is international relations, without which they cannot win the war.

Ukraine would never risk upsetting Germany, the EU's biggest economy, with such a drastic operation.

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Re:Blowing Holes in Seymour Hersh's Pipe Dream by kspacewalk2 on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:53PM (#34744841)

Also, how would Ukraine pull off such a mission in a sea it has no access to?

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Re:Blowing Holes in Seymour Hersh's Pipe Dream by GolfPopper on Thursday February 16, 2023 @06:47PM (#34828464)

A boat, some underwater explosive charges, underwater ROVs, and a team to operate all the above seems likely to be well within Ukraine's capabilities.

The first underwater ROV I found via googling is $10K: https://www.deeptrekker.com/shop/products/dtg3#

It seems like something within the technical capabilities and resources of any functioning non-microstate.

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Re:Blowing Holes in Seymour Hersh's Pipe Dream by mopsi on Thursday February 16, 2023 @07:05PM (#34828660)

And risk getting cut off from further material and economic support from allies? Highly unlikely.

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Re:Blowing Holes in Seymour Hersh's Pipe Dream by croes on Friday February 10, 2023 @03:03PM (#34744983)

How many people do you need to blast a pipeline?

Don't have to be in line with the government of a country.

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