Gazprom: NATO mine destroyer found at Nord Stream in 2015
Seven years ago, during a survey of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, the NATO mine destroyer Sea Fox was discovered – as stated by Gazprom official representative Sergei Kupriyanov, RIA Novosti reports
Sergei Kupriyanov recalled that the finding was discovered in November 2015.
“On November 6th, 2015, during a scheduled visual inspection of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, the NATO underwater mine destroyer Sea Fox was discovered,” he specified.
According to him, the explosive device was lying in the space between the pipelines. It is noted that the destroyer was removed and neutralised by the Swedish Armed Forces, and gas transportation was restored. At the same time, the North Atlantic Alliance reported that an underwater fuse was lost during the exercises.
“These are NATO exercises, when a military explosive device turns out to be exactly under our gas pipeline,” Mr. Kupriyanov stated.
