We’ve been doing so much over there already that the distinction is pretty minimal, but if the US did this, it represents a huge escalation in that it is direct US action against a Russian asset. Hell, it’s a pretty big escalation anyway because we’re going to be blamed for it regardless.
It's a lot of risk with little payoff for the USA to cut gas lines from Russia to Europe.
It's not only Russian energy infrastructure but also EU energy infrastructure.
Getting caught in the shallow Baltic Sea is very likely and those lines were not moving gas anyways.
In 70 meters of water the coning tower on a Seawolf is visible from the surface. Nuke subs can't hide in the Baltic.
The Orcs have nothing to lose sending a few pigs with shape charges down Nord 1 & 2 as the Euro market for Orc gas is done.
