He writes that US Navy divers planted remotely activated explosive devices during the Baltops 22 exercise of the North Atlantic Alliance.
Hersh's article says that US President Joe Biden decided to sabotage the gas pipelines after nine months of secret discussions with the national security team.
Earlier, German Prosecutor General Peter Frank said that Germany had no evidence of Russia's involvement in the explosion of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.
The Times newspaper wrote that German experts investigating the explosions of gas pipelines admit that they could be carried out by one of the Western states.
On September 26, 2022, Nord Stream 2 AG announced an emergency on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.