I believe the world is black and white, good and evil... and the CIA is evil
TL/DW. Summary?
All those ways of doing the job, could have been done by ANYBODY.
70 meters is deep for a manned diver.
And submarines PREFER deeper water.
But, don't say that it 'can't be done'.
heck, WWII subs only went down that far, it was there LIMIT.
I've got all kinds of stories that 'might have' happened in waters that shallow.
American owned and operated SOSUS?I woul imagine explosive experts will be able to tell if the explosion came from inside or outside the pipeline. I've also got to believe that something like SOSUS is in the Baltic. Info from both sources should narrow the range of possible causes and potential responsible parties.
I think you under estimate how many plebs they are willing to let die,and how much of civilization they are willing to destroy to maintain or gain power.WW3 really can't last long with modern weapons. Either way nucs finish it fast or modern weapons with thier high cost and lethality reduce the world to economic wreckage in short order.
Imagine the entire world reduced to third world economic and political status, larger states dividing into smaller ones, the scramble for resources, like Africa, everywhere.
American owned and operated SOSUS?