They may want to keep that infrastructure for quick post-war activation and use for their own purposes. That should be cheaper and faster than having to rebuild a whole thing.
Reversibility is nice, but the more immediate need is to fuck over Russia’s ability to bring in money from foreign trade. If that doesn’t happen, the ability to get the infrastructure back online will only benefit Russia after it overruns Ukraine.
I mean I’m no saboteur, I just imagine that it’s possible disable a pipeline running through your territory in such a way that it’s possible to re-activate it…
I mean, not really? Russia will repair the damage, because it’s on their own territory and Ukraine can’t dedicate its arsenal to hitting the same target again and again. Within Ukraine the pipeline can be disabled, at multiple points, in such a way as to require extensive or complicated repairs, then guarded to ensure it’s not re-enabled by this mysterious sneakster. Or it can be remotely monitored so that, if it is fixed, oil flow can be detected and then turned off again from a different station. There are seven pumping stations in Ukraine from which it can be controlled.
I guess the question (which I also ask myself) is why not blow it up in their territory, just put a few tons of explosives in a section in an unpopulat3d area and blow it to smitherines.
Or turn the gas off and then dismantle a km long section, if you don’t want to waste explosives and risk fires.
Does anyone understand why Ukraine hit the pipeline when it runs through their own territory? Why not just shut it off?
They may want to keep that infrastructure for quick post-war activation and use for their own purposes. That should be cheaper and faster than having to rebuild a whole thing.
Reversibility is nice, but the more immediate need is to fuck over Russia’s ability to bring in money from foreign trade. If that doesn’t happen, the ability to get the infrastructure back online will only benefit Russia after it overruns Ukraine.
I mean I’m no saboteur, I just imagine that it’s possible disable a pipeline running through your territory in such a way that it’s possible to re-activate it…
it’s a bit harder to have someone sneak in and just turn it back on if its in pieces.
I mean, not really? Russia will repair the damage, because it’s on their own territory and Ukraine can’t dedicate its arsenal to hitting the same target again and again. Within Ukraine the pipeline can be disabled, at multiple points, in such a way as to require extensive or complicated repairs, then guarded to ensure it’s not re-enabled by this mysterious sneakster. Or it can be remotely monitored so that, if it is fixed, oil flow can be detected and then turned off again from a different station. There are seven pumping stations in Ukraine from which it can be controlled.
I guess the question (which I also ask myself) is why not blow it up in their territory, just put a few tons of explosives in a section in an unpopulat3d area and blow it to smitherines.
Or turn the gas off and then dismantle a km long section, if you don’t want to waste explosives and risk fires.