More in depth thread here, including anti-sub helicopters monitoring Russia’s Baltic fleet for the ten hours preceding and two hours after the explosion
More in depth thread here, including anti-sub helicopters monitoring Russia’s Baltic fleet for the ten hours preceding and two hours after the explosion
The helicopters seem like something that would be there to observe for any potential Russian vessel or aircraft that would discover their operation.
Hence anti-sub capable helicopters, which have heavily patrolled Kaliningrad the past few days. All easily accessible info that will never be talked about
Could the plane that flew the full pipe length have been the delivery vehicle for divers that performed the mission?
Seems odd to fly the full pipe length like that, unless you're doing it because the exact location of the mission isn't decided upon until during the mission itself based on the movements of other vessels, russia, potential allies that might notice, etc etc. You could fly the length of the pipe and can pick your delivery at any point.
Somewhat related, I saw a naval ship by the southeast coast of Sweden a few weeks ago, larger than anything the Swedish navy has, and a helicopter in the area. Didn't take any pictures unfortunately
There's some thought that the explosives were placed earlier, so it might be the dude with the big red plunger box, or just making sure it all happens correctly.
Honestly there are so many non Russian states with an interest in blowing the pipes, (Poland, Turkey, Saudi, Ukraine etc etc) that I'd be significantly less sus if there wasn't a US recon helicopter wandering around.