427. Conversations with a Swedish Seismologist
"He had ”high confidence” in the estimate of 300 kg TNT equivalents per blast"
Short Thread by @Erkperk
428. Details on the object found near unexploded section of the pipeline
30 cm high by 10-15cm wide
429. Photograph of the object found next to pipeline
ens.dk/presse/haandte…
430. Level headed analysis from @jeremyscahill
None of the emerging narratives surrounding the NS pipeline bombing really contradicts Seymour Hersh’s central allegation that Biden authorized the operation
Article @theintercept
theintercept.com/2023/03/10/nor…
431. Recent Video Interview with @jeremyscahill
discussing the issues highlighted in his recent @theintercept article
432. The Raccoon Dogs vs Nord Stream Dilemma ;)
Because of the Raccoon Dog polemic, I am unable to dedicate much time to the Nord Stream Sabotage investigation.
This, I will be mainly retweeting others' research for the foreseeable future.
433. Another useful thread by @Erkperk
Starts off with a useful summary of the known facts and mapped locations of the explosions, but ends in speculation.
434. Big Updates! #NordstreamSabotage
Days before the explosions, Russian military ships headed for the later crime scene. Her equipment: a mini submarine and cargo cranes.
German Thread from @JMuellerToewe of @tonline
With @OAlexanderDK
435. Ship movements, September 21-22, 2022
"Putin's Secret Convoy"
t-online.de/nachrichten/de…
English Version
t-online.de/nachrichten/de…
Summary of Claims
t-online.de/nachrichten/de…
436. Naval Activity - March 14th 2022
The above findings were partly based on the work of @OAlexanderDK who recently published 2 substack articles on the Russian, Danish, German & US Navy movements near the pipelines in 2022
1. Mainly March 14th 2022
oalexanderdk.substack.com/p/part-i-two-i…
437. Naval Activity - September 21 - 23
20 Russian Ships (Naval Exercise)
Poland & others launched naval exercise Rekin-22
Swedish Air Force S 100B Argus
USS Kearsarge, San Antonio & Gunston Hall
Danish Navy P524 Nymfen
Swedish Navy HSwMS Visby
oalexanderdk.substack.com/p/osint-analys…
438. Note on Radar Coverage by @OAlexanderDK
Radar target visibility range due to horizon for Danish Scanter 4000 on Bornholm & estimated location of nearest Swedish coastal radar
Coincidentally, North NS sabotage sites just outside Danish radar’s detection range
439. My reaction?
They try to pin the blame on Russia, alleging that its naval exercise near the blast sites was used as cover for the Project 141S Rescue ship SS-750 to use its AS-26 Project 1855 Priz Deep-Diving Rescue Vehicle to lay the charges
This is speculation not fact
440. For example
"Arguably the most important ship in the operation was submarine support ship SS-750. Its special feature: Project 1855 a deep-submergence rescue vehicle named AS-26 with gripper arms that can move cargo weighing up to 50 kg underwater"
t-online.de/nachrichten/de…
441. Bias?
However @tonline @OAlexanderDK @JMuellerToewe @janzegal do not pay the same attention to the capabilities of the US Navy ships in the area, nor the Danish Navy, nor Swedish HSwMS Visby, nor Polish & Rekin-22 Ships.
Instead they focus only on the Russian Ships
442. Two Russian Navy links
Archived to make them available to non VPN users
Swimmers of the special forces detachment of the Baltic Naval Base performed underwater firing
archive.ph/OeGjx
Baltic Fleet began a bilateral command & staff exercise
archive.ph/GDkak
443. A snide yet accurate comment by @Erkperk
444. The so-called "mysterious object"
found recently next to NS2 pipeline & raised as an issue by Russia
ens.dk/presse/haandte…
may in fact be an innocuous smoke marker buoy, "MK 58 MOD 1 or SC-58 Marine Location Marker" according to @OAlexanderDK
new.hfipyrotechnics.ca/products/sc-58…
445. We will find out soon enough
Denmark Asks Nord Stream 2 to Help Identify Object
The Danish Energy Agency has invited Swiss-based NS 2 AG to participate in an operation to lift an unknown object found next to the damaged gas link in the Baltic Sea.
archive.ph/9sBZg
446. Or will we?
Outposts of the U.S. Surveillance Empire: Denmark and Beyond via @CovertActionMag
"Denmark is a special helping hand in aiding the U.S. in its global spying with the purpose of dominating the world"
covertactionmagazine.com/2020/12/10/out…
447. 3 MSM articles summarizing recent events
1. NYmag
Who Really Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipeline?
archive.ph/qJa6A
2. The Times
The 4 key theories
archive.ph/PMXk2
3. Foreign Policy
Insurers Would Love to Know who Blew Up NS
archive.ph/cqFaN
448. Fact Checking the Hersh Fact Checkers ;)
German Report
Published on 19 March so missing recent updates
NS2 und der Hersh-Check
clubderklarenworte.de/seymour-hersh-…
449. Conclusion by Dr. Johanna Weber
NS2 & the Hersh Check
clubderklarenworte.de/seymour-hersh-…
Checking Dr. Johanna Weber:
She has a doctorate in sports science with a focus on sports statistics & works in the field of medical statistics
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
researchgate.net/profile/Johann…
450. A critical media analysis (March 8th, 2022)
of recent Nord Stream Sabotage stories in the @nytimes and @DIEZEIT
By @aaronjmate of @TheGrayzoneNews
In Nord Stream attack, US officials use proxy media to blame proxy Ukraine
mate.substack.com/p/in-nord-stre…
451. Hersh's Counter Attack (March 22, 2022)
THE COVER-UP
The Biden Administration continues to conceal its responsibility for the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines
seymourhersh.substack.com/p/the-cover-up
452. Hersh's substack demands subscription but full versions are available here:
sott.net/article/478633…
&
scheerpost.com/2023/03/22/sey…
"information they received originated with a group of CIA experts in deception & propaganda whose mission was to feed the @nytimes a cover story"
453. Hersh's new article received criticism
e.g. @PeterDunn_OSINT
"13 federal police officers inspected the yacht on Jan 18th 2022..We know Danish police are really smart, did they anticipate the CIA wanting to make up a yacht story 3.5 months later ?"
454. What Hersh actually said (summary)
After a visit by Olaf Scholz to Biden (March 3), US & German intelligence agencies fed @nytimes & @DIEZEIT false cover stories to counter the report that Biden & US were responsible for the pipelines' destruction
sott.net/article/478633…
455. They deliberately "misunderstood" Hersh
Hersh did not claim the Andromeda cover story was hatched in March 2023, but rather that the CIA initiated a media operation at that time.
456. Only @berlinerzeitung reported on Hersh's allegations in Germany
with an Editor's Note!
"We also added the following sentence: Hersh is considered highly controversial, some of his research has subsequently turned out to be wrong"
archive.ph/sI0lw
457. Break Time!
458. New report in @theintercept by @jeremyscahill
"Moscow claims Germany, Denmark, and Sweden are engaged in a U.S.-backed cover-up, as the war to control the narrative — and the evidence — intensifies"
theintercept.com/2023/03/25/nor…
459. Putin Speaks:
"An American journalist, who has become quite famous now in the world, conducted an investigation & came to the conclusion that the gas pipelines explosion were organised by US special services. I fully agree with these conclusions"
archive.ph/J1EVq
460.Putin speaks (2):
"I believe that it will be hard to attain this (the truth about the Nord Stream incident - TASS), but someday it will probably come out for sure what was done and how,"
news.yahoo.com/putin-blames-u…
461. Russia gives up on the "mysterious object"
See tweet 444
"I do not think it makes sense for us to get into that now, since one of the NATO countries, or Denmark, told us they had already examined it, which means the situation is not explosive"
archive.ph/EvCNB
462. Rekin 22 (Naval Exercise) 16 Sep 2022
See Tweet 437
Poland launched naval exercise Rekin-22, which involved "20 vessels from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia"
Note participation of:
"sapper battalions, mine-carrying ship, anti-mine actions"
polandatsea.com/manoeuvres-cod…
463. Remember the Orzel?
Did it participate in Rekin 22?
ORP Orzeł - Baltic Sea -18 May 2020
"ORP Orzeł is one of the 3 Navy submarines It can submerge to a depth of up to 300m, has six torpedo launchers with the ability to "erect" (sic) sea mines"
polandatsea.com/largest-submar…
464. Two previous tweets about the Orzel
Activities near explosion sites and NS pipe laying ships in March 2021:
The naval mine laying capabilities of Orzel (Sikora)
465. TBC
I am taking a look at NATO & allied nations' naval activity mainly because I noticed OSINT analysts are drawing attention to Russian Naval Activity around the NS pipeline blast sites in Sep 2022 (& on other occasions).
What's good for the goose is good for the gander!
467. Interesting thread by @MichaKobs which dissects the claims of @oalexander about a group of Russian Ships in late Sept 2022 & ends by throwing suspicion on HSwMs Visby, a Swedish corvette operating in stealth mode near the blast sites.
468. Talking of research by @OAlexanderDK
1 of his earlier claims that 1st NS2 explosion was likely "just an accident" due to poor welding (which mysteriously became a subscriber only article) has now been well & truly deleted.
oalexanderdk.substack.com/update-was-the…
469. Archived!
I remember archiving it at the time as I suspected it might "disappear" later
Was the NS 2 Rupture an Accidental Catalyst?
Was the single NS 2 rupture an accidental catalyst that forcibly accelerated a plan to destroy the NS 1 pipeline?
archive.is/tyU16
470. Another interesting thread by @OAlexanderDK
About the activity in the Baltic of the Russian SS-750 rescue ship, Ufa submarine & 2 rescue submersibles AS-26 & AS-30, some of which were allegedly operating near site of NS explosions in late 2022
471. Recent Scandinavian articles of interest
1. The (Russian) spy ships
nrk.no/nordland/xl/fi…
2. Russian spy ships preparing sabotage
dr.dk/nyheder/indlan…
3. 112 photos of Russian vessels taken near NS pipes just days before being blown up
information.dk/indland/2023/0…
472. A recent update on the "second whistleblower"
What I learned from a 2022 whistleblower about the Nord Stream blast
free21.org/was-ich-schon-…
473. My favorite #NordstreamSabotage non-update
474. FACEbook = CIAbook LOL
475. Definitely the Long Read!
Thank you @LizMartinezES
21stcenturywire.com/2023/04/25/sec…
What do you think?
@Erkperk @mortymer001 @rwlander
I am eagerly awaiting Part 2!
476. Ship positions via @Erkperk
Dropbox Nord Stream Ships:
dropbox.com/sh/0mqs70txn2l…
Full Danish Data:
web.ais.dk/aisdata/
477. Thread by @kobs on Visby, Nymfen & SS-750
478. Substack by @Erkperk on ADSB/AIS databases
Aircraft & Vessels in Hersh’s Nord Stream Story
anderssonerik.substack.com/p/aircraft-and…
479. Part 2 of an Analysis
Alleging a CIA-backed covered operation with aiders & abettors from participating NATO members states
by @LFCNewsMedia and @21WIRE
Nord Stream Sabotage ‘Secret Teams’ Revealed
21stcenturywire.com/2023/05/03/par…
h/t @LizMartinezES
480. Thread by @MichaKobs on Photographs
Taken by the Danish Ship Nymfen of the Russian submarine rescue ship SS-750 with a Priz-class mini-sub near the explosion locations in September 2022
481. Articles linked in @MichaKobs Thread
1. German Intel Ships near NS Sites Before Blasts
corporate-trust.blog/2022/12/06/ger…
2. Russia special vessel near NS detonation point
information.dk/indland/2023/0…
3. NS attacks: There were a lot of strange things going on
ndr.de/nachrichten/me…
482. New Analysis by @OAlexanderDK
Danish Defence Command Confirms Russian Minisub Equipped SS-750 at Site of Nord Stream Blasts 4 Days Prior
oalexanderdk.substack.com/p/danish-defen…
483. Yet another excellent thread by @MichaKobs
This time dissecting recent claims about Russian "dark ships" and taking a closer look at the movements of HSwMS Visby (K31) and USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)
484. More Crap from Sweden
"Mats Ljungqvist does not want to give any forecast when the investigation may have any answers or straighten out the question marks surrounding the central questions"
expressen.se/nyheter/missta…
Thanks @mortymer001
485. One of the Best Articles so far!
James Bamford @WashAuthor writes a detailed analysis in @thenation "on the greatest whodunit of the century", pointing the wise finger of suspicion at Ukraine and Poland.
thenation.com/article/world/…
486. An Interview with James Bamford
You can listen to @WashAuthor discussing his findings on Talk World Radio (You Tube)
James Bamford on Israelgate and Nordstream
487. Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (1)
"Given that the US has long had the seafloor of the Baltic secretly bugged, with the ability to identify and geolocate passing vessels, combined with the presence of reconnaissance planes within a few hours of the explosions"
488. Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (2)
"it is highly likely that the US knows far more about what happened &who is responsible, than it is revealing"
Bamford should know!
"For 30 years, James Bamford obsessively documented the secretive NSA"
theintercept.com/2014/10/02/the…
489. Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (3)
Links in Article
About IUSS
csp.navy.mil/cus/About-IUSS/
Sweden's Role
svt.se/nyheter/sa-bev…
TUSC LANT (Note UK Involvement)
csp.navy.mil/nopfdn/
Naval Ocean Processing Facility (NOPF) Dam Neck
google.com/maps/place/352…
490. The Russian Version of SOSUS (Harmony)
To be noted
Discussed in a mini thread here
491.Resources on the Russian Harmony System
globalsecurity.org/intell/world/r…
geostrategy.org.ua/en/black-sea-s…
rbth.com/economics/defe…
globalsecurity.org/military/world…
geostrategy.org.ua/en/media/artic…
492. More Harmony Resources
Long Read - Backgrounder
History of Russian Underwater Acoustics (2008)
epdf.tips/history-of-rus…
Russia deploying maritime tracking system (2016)
iz.ru/news/647107
Black Sea Deployment
defencehub.live/threads/naval-…
&
en.topwar.ru/173272-ukraina…
493. Final Three Resources on Harmony
Barents Sea
defence.pk/pdf/threads/up…
MGK-608E
gentleseas.blogspot.com/2016/07/intell…
More (Search Harmony, MGK, Sonar, etc.):
3ddroid.ru/en/windows-7/g…
Manufacturer
web.archive.org/web/2015041504…
web.archive.org/web/2016031306…
web.archive.org/web/2016080418…
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