Russia and Ukraine

[onlinebiker]

Well, thus is just delightful.

Russia Steals Ukrainian Farm Equipment, Gets Remotely Locked Out

Russian troops occupying the Ukrainian city of Melitopol stole nearly $5 million of farm vehicles from a John Deere dealership and shipped some of them more than 700 miles to Chechnya, , only to find they had been rendered useless by a remote-locking system that prevented the thieves from turning the equipment on. 

"When the invaders drove the stolen harvesters to Chechnya, they realized that they could not even turn them on, because the harvesters were locked remotely," a source familiar with the incident .

While I have no doubt that there are Russian computer whizzes skillful enough to bypass the lockout, this has still got to be a bit of an embarrassment - Ukrainians have used farm equipment to steal Russian tanks, so Russia responds by stealing Ukrainian farm equipment, which they can’t use. 

Boru

I normally cuss John Deere... They are rabid capitalists. They overcharge for their products. They try to prevent you from doing your own maintenance. They try to restrict their service information.

But yeah, gotta cheer them fucking the commies......

Oh - and I do love my old Gator 4x2....