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I just bought my second Haas CNC mill. I use them primarily to make parts for implantable medical devices, but they could just as easily make parts for small arms, guided missiles, or aircraft. Most big names in CNC machine tools are Eastern; Japanese, Taiwanese, or Chinese, with a few European. Haas, the biggest and most well known Western manufacturer of CNC machine tools, stands accused of continuing to supply Russian companies involved in military manufacturing, long after the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Documents filed with the U.S. Treasury and Department of Commerce indicate that RATEP is one of many Russian enterprises that Haas Automation has serviced with direct shipments of goods in that period.
Per the aforementioned PBS Newshour report, the American company allegedly approved as many as 18 shipments to Russia between March and October of 2022 to the tune of $2.8 million.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by mhajicek on Monday March 20, @06:48PM (5 children)
I agree, but don't you think it would be reasonable to ban direct sales to military manufacturing companies, to at least make them work for it, and perhaps have to settle for old, half worn out, half obsolete machines?
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 20, @09:28PM
Not when those companies finance opposition candidates/parties in response to unfavorable legislation.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday March 20, @10:24PM (3 children)
The thing that shocked me is that Russia is letting Ukrainian grain exports continue through the Black Sea. I mean, sure, Russia wants to preserve grain production for their control later, but it was still a surprise to hear that.
Україна досі не є частиною Росії Слава Україні🌻 https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/17/will-russia-ukraine-war-end
(Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Tuesday March 21, @12:58AM (2 children)
They would gain serious opposition throughout the world by alienating a bunch of developing world countries who need that food. And Ukraine won't gain much from selling grain.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday March 21, @01:49AM (1 child)
>They would gain serious opposition throughout the world by alienating a bunch of developing world countries who need that food. And Ukraine won't gain much from selling grain.
Which is obviously why they do it, but... what kind of world is "sorta o.k." with invasions, bombings, killings, mass destruction of cities, etc. but would get upset if they stole the grain instead of letting it be sold to support the Ukranian cause?
Україна досі не є частиною Росії Слава Україні🌻 https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/17/will-russia-ukraine-war-end
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 21, @03:29AM