Sunday, November 8, 2015

Armed Underwater Drone Found Near Baltic Nord Stream Pipeline

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RT: ‘Underwater drone with explosives’ spotted near Baltic Nord Stream pipeline

An unmanned military underwater vehicle rigged with explosives was spotted on the seabed in the vicinity of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltics on Friday, Swedish media report. The device is expected to be disarmed on November 9.
An abandoned expendable remotely-operated mine clearance underwater vehicle allegedly with explosives onboard has been detected in multinational waters of the Baltic Sea by the Swedish Navy, Svenska Daglabet reports.

The discovery was made during a routine check of the Nord Stream pipeline. Since it was discovered in the Swedish economic zone, north of the island of Gotland, the Nord Stream pipeline operator immediately notified the Swedish military.

Update: All Clear? Demining Device Detected Near Underwater Baltic Sea Pipeline (Sputnik)

WNU Editor: This is a very strange story.

3 comments:

Jay Farquharson said...

WNU Editor,

Not really. Based on my experience with ROV's, NewtSuits, Deepsea Submersibles and seafloor data nets, I suspect the floor of the Baltic Sea is "littered" with former cutting edge technology.

RRH said...

It was the Poles. They're always up to no good.

Anonymous said...

Likely the unit was trying to defect when it ran out of fuel.