It does sound fishy alright.Do you remember Nord stream ?
It was the Russians screamed the right wing press. They had proof. They said it was a Russian submarine and even went on to show the route the alleged submarine chase and support boat took right in the area of the pipeline.
It was a false flag operation they cried. Russia sabotaged its only pipeline to justify this, that or t'other
Then there was an investigation and guess what, it wasn't the Russians after all.
It was the Ukrainians.
So just because the press can make an allegation, try not to throw all your eggs in that basket.
Chinese ship? Russian captain? "Not certain who blew Nordstream" (Pinnochio Joe already whispered "we will stop it" and is now charging 4x price for same gas!), But they knew this instantly?
Too obvious?
Mmm..are they *Codding* us with 'red herrings'?
However..
2 plus previous incidents by same ship (I'm assuming this *isn't* the ship that knocked over the Dock crane in Formosa too?).
Transponder off?
Left the scene without reporting?
Staying in international waters so it can't be arrested?
I wonder what the satellite pictures show, assuming they haven't turned it off during the incident?
Like when Lahaina, Hawaii was frazzled and, oops, satellite took that day off! What a coincidence? Not.