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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧
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❗️🇺🇸🇷🇺 Bloomberg: "for about two years, employees at Evraz North America Inc., a Russian-owned steel plant operator in the US, falsified quality control test results on some armored plating for the vehicle’s manufacturer, according to an internal report" "The incidents took place at an Evraz facility in Oregon from 2017 to 2019, according to Evraz’s probe and company officials, who said employees at the Portland plant skipped mandatory hardness tests and inputted fake results on an estimated 12,800 armor plates of various types. Those plates were labeled as tested and approved, though some later showed signs of cracking." "A primary customer for the armor plates was Oshkosh Defense LLC, a maker of a wide range of military vehicles, including the JLTV"
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-11/armor-plates-for-us-army-s-jltv-didn-t-pass-quality-control-tests
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧
@ColbyBadhwar
"Evraz North America has continued to operate plants in Portland and Pueblo despite Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and sanctions imposed on Evraz Plc in the UK, where the parent company is incorporated. There is no evidence in the documents or interviews
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧
@ColbyBadhwar
Also it was the Bush Admin that allowed Evraz to purchase the Oregon Steel plant in 2007. This plant was one of the few in the US that stepped up to supply the MRAP program, which was forced to use a lot of steel imported from allies.
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David Gaw 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱
@davidgaw
I'm sorry, but why the actual f— would a company owned by one of our top two global opponents be making a key component of US military products? We were banning TikTok (and should have banned TikTok) but this is cool? What genius came up with this plan?
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Kent D ن
@KentD_II
Aside from the obvious issues wrt allowing adversarial nations to take part in defense production, this was a process error on our part. NDE should always be required to be done by unaffiliated parties. The temptation to pencil whip it is too great.
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Kenneth Ahlstrom
@kenahlstrom
Why are we building key components of military vehicles at a plant owned by the one nation in the world that has been a reliable and consistent enemy since the end of WWII?
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Philip Gura
@philipgura
Allowing Russia or China own a company in US for any defense contract work is beyond me. Whoever allowed such a thing should be investigated for treason.
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Chet
@WeirdSciChet
Companies falsifying material certs is becoming way too common. And for industries with high consequences, mil specs and airline specs, you’d like to think the govt reconsider penalties both civil and criminal.
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Chock full o'Nuts 🇺🇸
@Chock_full_nuts
Boy seeing as how there are more Evraz factories in Canada I sure hope you canucks are smart enough to look into the quality control of parts coming from factories in Calgary, Camrose, Edmonton, Red Deer, and Regina, Canada too.
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Randy Brito
@randybrito
"a Russian-owned steel plant operator in the US, falsified quality control test results on some armored plating for the vehicle’s manufacturer" 😂😂 there are people calling Trump crazy bc he posted that it is counter-intuitive to have a potential enemy provide you a vital need
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Art
@Art98927465
People really are a special kind of stupid aren’t they? Why the hell would you have a country that is openly threatening to attack you involved in the manufacture of the equipment needed to defend against such an attack?
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🚜🇺🇦Steve Blurryenko🇬🇧🦈
@TankieSlappa
Having your military armour produced by a russian owned company... Do I need to point out the issues with this... Please America, at least try not to be so dumb and greedy!
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Darren Dawson
@Darren_Dawson
I like how everyone will be surprised but the only difference between this, Japanese, American, Chinese and Indian forfeiting of materials testing is just a matter of culture and a function of time to disclose. Folks have no idea what goes on in manufacturing. Who needs experts?
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Don't move
@gotchainmysite
What I don't get is that it's a Russian owed steel plant making armor for our military vehicles. This should have not happen in the first place. It should have been an American company making these armored plating... Not good.
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Derry Fitzgerald
@fitzg10817
What is this Plant doing in the US? Why is it in Operation? Why hasn't it been shut down? Why haven't the owners been sanctioned? Why haven't they been deported? What the HELL is going on with your Defence Industries????!!!! Why aren't ARRESTS being made?????
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Nick Morin
@NickMorin8
And trump wants to replace steel and aluminum imports from Canada by importing from russia instead. What could go wrong ?
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Qxinzi
@Qxinzi9
What can you expect from Russia? Mired in corruption, they bring it with them every where they go..
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Grizzin13
@Grizzen13
I know there's plenty to laugh about russia, especially as their economy, military, and demographics crumble. Their dysfunctional klepto/corrupt society barely functions--but they must also laugh at some of the US's policies and seeming indifference, like in this case.
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J-P Luostarinen
@JPLuostarinen
Normal corrupt russian operation. Pocket the full price and deliver inferior products. Use some of the pocketed money to "divert" the attention of officials...
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ElRealisto
@ERealisto
"The incidents took place at an Evraz facility in Oregon from 2017 to 2019..." guess under what President of the US that took place? Absolutely no coincidence!
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Rando42
@RandoRobby42
If only the US had a reliable and friendly neighbor that could supply them with high quality steel, for less than the US can make it themselves...
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Libor Zurek
@lllib
Unless that plant is filled with Russian citizens, I'd suggest USA has bigger problem than the owners. Already happened with Bradken with submarine steel not that long ago.
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