Not P and not Norad but Nord Stream one more time..

[Mark Kohut]

Dear Sy,

Here's more to think about. Reuters, real reporters still. Notice how Nord
Stream was "already dead in the water" like that joint presser showed.

"Swedish prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist, who is in charge of the preliminary
investigation, confirmed in a statement on Thursday that there were
detonations at Nord Stream 1 and 2 in the Swedish economic zone which
caused extensive damage to the gas pipelines.

He added that evidence had been seized at the scene but details were
confidential as the case was sensitive.

A British defence source told Sky News the attack was probably premeditated
and detonated from afar using underwater mines or other explosives.

"Something big caused those explosions which means ... Russia could do it.
In theory, the United States could also do it but I don't really see the
motivation there," Oliver Alexander, an open source intelligence analyst,
told Reuters.

The United States had long called for Europe to end its reliance on Russian
gas, he said, but Washington had little obvious motivation to act now
because Nord Stream was no longer pumping gas to Europe at the time the
leaks were found, although the pipelines had gas under pressure inside them.

"They already succeeded in stopping Nord Stream 2. It was already dead in
the water, it wasn't going anywhere," he said.

Analysts say it is possible the damage was inflicted by devices that are
available on the commercial market but that given the scale and precision,
it was more likely carried out by an actor with access to more
sophisticated technology.

The U.S. news channel CNN, citing three sources, reported that European
security officials had observed Russian navy support ships and submarines
not far from the sites of the Nord Stream leaks. Asked about the report,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
<https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kremlin-says-nord-stream-gas-leaks-look-like-act-terrorism-2022-09-29/>said
there had been a much larger NATO presence in the area."