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Britain to acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure

Monday, October 3 2022

General – underwater protection

Britain will acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure such as cables and pipelines, defence minister Ben Wallace said on Sunday, following leaks in the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe.

British Defence Minister Ben Wallace speaks during the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Britain, October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville.

European countries say the Nord Stream pipelines were damaged by ‘sabotage’ but have stopped short of blaming Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed Western countries.

Speaking at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Wallace spoke about ‘mysterious damage’ inflicted to the pipelines but made clear that he saw the threat to Britain’s infrastructure as coming from Russia.

Wallace said the first multi-role survey ship for seabed warfare would be bought this year and would be operational by the end of next year, while the second ship would be built in the United Kingdom.

Source: Reuters.

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Filed Under: International News, Nord Stream2, Russia, UK Tagged With: England, Russia, underwater protection

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