Puolustusvoimat ei toistaiseksi ota Nord Stream -tapauksiin kantaa, sillä vuotokohdat sijaitsevat eteläisellä Itämerellä.
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Security and military aspects of Nord Stream pipelines
Swedish military experts and several politicians, including former
Minister for Defense Mikael Odenberg, have stated that the pipeline may cause a security policy problem for Sweden. According to Odenberg, the pipeline motivates Russian navy presence in the Swedish economic zone and the Russians can use this for
military intelligence should they want to.
Finnish military-scholar Alpo Juntunen has said that even though the political discussion over Nord Stream in Finland concentrates on the various ecological aspects, there are clearly military implications to the pipeline that are not discussed openly in Finland.
More political concerns were raised when Vladimir Putin stated that the ecological safety of the pipeline project will be ensured by using the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy.German weekly Stern has reported that the fibre optic cable and repeater stations along the pipeline could theoretically also be used for espionage.
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Gazprom
Alexander Medvedev has dismissed these concerns, stating that "some objections are put forward that are laughable - political, military, or linked to spying. That is really surprising because in the modern world ... it is laughable to say a gas-pipeline is a weapon in a spy-war".