I believe the stark realization over here in the EU is, that strategic dependencies we created either towards the East (Russia, e.g. gas) or the West (the US, e.g. defence), are making us too vulnerable.

Is the EU prepared for shale gas/oil? Willing to exploit the dutch oil fields or cyprus' giant gas fields. So far it has said a decisive no to those.

What a pity what happened to these pipelines for Russian gas. I mean, the west will not be buying Russian gas anytime soon anyway, Putin knows that.

But what if such accident happened to some another pipeline? For example, the one that is being open just this week from Norway to Poland. The one that should help EU survive the winter.

Interested timing of such unfortunate accident..

Heart of Iron 4 mixed with Millennium Dawn: Modern day mod is something that resembles what you’re writing about, but on bit on a higher level.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=27773...