Russia's tank tech comes from Ford
http://fordsollers.com/en/about/key_facts/
Far left is Denis Manturov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
As a Cabinet member, Manturov has direct access to Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation.
Person next to Manturov is unidentified.
Steven Armstrong, chairman, Ford of Europe, is in the middle of the photo wearing a light blue tie.
He was promoted Oct. 1st to President of Changan Ford joint venture in China.
https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/feu/it/it/news/2019/08/22/Leadership-Changes.html
Far right is Vadim Shvetsov, general director Sollers PJSC.
Sollers is a Russia state-owned automobile manufacturer.
http://www.sollers-auto.com/en/about/board_of_directors/
Photo taken June 7th in Russia.
At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Bill Ford (above), Ford Motor CEO
Henry Ford (above), 1929
https://www.aquelamaquina.pt/efemerides/detalhe/hoje-ha-87-anos-ford-aliou-se-a-estaline.html
After signing contract for technical assistance in building Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky) Automobile Plant. Dearborn, Mich., May 31, 1929. Left to right, Valery I. Mezhlauk, Vice Chairman of VSNKh; Henry Ford; Saul G. Bron, President of Amtorg.
It was a $30 million deal paid in gold.
Ford has refused to post it on the internet.
The story starts here:
Free American technology like this:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180413113746.htm
For Russian military combat vehicles.
The U.S. Army’s tank tech is concentrated in Warren, Michigan.
At the U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC).
Warren is 20-miles northeast of Detroit.
https://www.govserv.org/US/Warren/110152575699372/Ground-Vehicle-Systems-Center
As of July 1st, Russia owns 51 per cent of Ford Sollers.
With control, nothing can stop the Russians from using free American technology to build military vehicles like tanks.
U.S. taxpayers have been doing this since May 31st, 1929.
Another Detroit-based company, Borg-Warner, has been building the military chassis for Russian missile launchers for the last 30-years.
Kamaz, a Russian state-owned company, has controlling interest in their partnership with Borg-Warner.
Borg-Warner is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
It is 33-miles northwest of Detroit.
https://rostec.ru/en/news/3739/?sphrase_id=91971
Borg-Warner admits to working with Russia’s Kamaz for 15-years.
Ford Sollers has three vehicle plants in Russia.
They are imaged here:
http://fordsollers.com/en/plants/
Taxpayers paying for the research and development of military technology.
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2019/10/us-army-wants-reinvent-tank-warfare-ai/160720/
For Russia.
For taxpayers, what could be worse?
Allowing other companies like Boeing and Bechtel to do the same thing?
Or porous technology?
https://brassballs.blog/home/patents-remain-unprotected-says-inspector-general
And making it available to more companies around the world?
Or all of the above?
Is the Army wisely spending its money?
https://www.ausa.org/news/army-made-%E2%80%98hard-choices%E2%80%99-fund-modernization
Or still wasting it?
Ford Russia: official company video
Ford Russia Sollers: official company video
