Nord Stream pipeline leak: Putin’s ‘deep-sea sabotage can unleash havoc at will’ | World

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The suspected Russian bombing of two gas pipelines on the Baltic seabed has put Europe on high alert for a devastating attack on its critical infrastructure.

Military analysts said the Kremlin could easily wreak havoc by cutting sub-sea data cables or destroying another pipeline, as a British defense source suggested the “premeditated” sabotage could have been prepared by underwater drones that laid the explosives weeks beforehand.

Future targets could include the cables that carry sensitive financial information across the Atlantic, risking a market crash, or those that supply entire regions such as the Orkneys, the Shetlands or parts of Italy with their internet access, according to one former US Navy submarine warfare strategist.

The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines from Russia to Germany sprang

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