Originally Posted by
Taunton Blue Genie
It's an interesting one. Behind the scenes, the two major players will know who is responsible (and I think we can discount the OP's suggestion of China as they have a lot of interest in the war in Ukraine ending as they benefit hugely if the global economy can recover).
Two factors that would seem to count against the US being responsible are:
1. Carrying out such activity within the EEZ's of two other sovereign states (i.e. Sweden and Denmark) and possibly without permission.
2. The risk of retaliatory of action against the network of submarine cables and pipelines across the globe and which we all rely on. A war on those connecions would end in absolute chaos, as would the jamming of GPS systems.
Taking the conflict outside the Ukraine could unleash untold and unpredictable consequences.
By the way, such attacks were unlikely to have been carried out by submarines as they cannot easily pass through those waters without detection (due to the depth of the water in some parts and submarine hydrophones placed on the sea bed by both parties in other parts). These days, such attacks can be carried out remotely. In the case of self-sabotage, the pipelines could have been damaged via internal access too.
The jury is still out and we may never know the real answer.
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