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[–] Mojojojo1993 125 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's a factory in Ukraine making parts for weapons. Doesn't really matter who's factory it is. Pretty sure can't claim Russia attacked Sweden.

Bit of a jump. We all hate Russia but this isn't really news.

[–] Palkom 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is a factory belonging to SKF, a swedish company that produces bearings. Famous for supplying bearings for use in tanks by almost every major power during ww2, and supply to the german side was finally cut off when SKF told the allies that the entire stock was for sale to anyone who paid. I believe the last payment was made by the US 10-15 years ago, finally settling the debt.

Since the war, SKF has grown into a very large supplier of the highest quality bearings, and saying its a factory making parts for weapons is a bit narrow. Bearings are used in most things that have rotating parts, and SKF is large in a lot of markets that aren't weapons. Their product catalogue is well over a thousand pages, for example.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

supply to the german side was finally cut off when SKF told the allies that the entire stock was for sale to anyone who paid. I believe the last payment was made by the US 10-15 years ago, finally settling the debt.

Lmao that’s actually kind of a hilarious flex if you think about it:

“We will sell to anyone who can pay for it”

“Ok then. We will buy literally all of it, and all of what you produce for the next decade, because we don’t want those other guys to have it”

“Sounds good”

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Also

"Pay us lots of money or we'll provide war supplies to the Nazis"

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