In 1989, the Soviet Union had a trade deal with Pepsi. Because the ruble had no international value at the time, the USSR paid Pepsi in warships, including 17 subs, briefly making Pepsi the world’s 6th largest navy.
In 1989, the Soviet Union had a trade deal with Pepsi. Because the ruble had no international value at the time, the USSR paid Pepsi in warships, including 17 subs, briefly making Pepsi the world’s 6th largest navy.
Wait wait wait wait – you telling me Pepsi was accepting vehicles of warfare as payment, AND THEY STILL refused to give that one kid a functional harrier jet? Ships for me, no jet for thee?
Hippogriffs.
Pope_Dwayne_Johnson on
Sounds like they should have offered a submarine instead of a harrier jet
chunmunsingh on
What did Pepsi do with warships?
Captain_Nuggitz on
Ok-Rich-3812 on
New Zealand Dairy board did a similar barter deal with the Russians, in 1988, swapping NZ Cheddar cheese for Ladas. The 4WD Niva became a popular budget farm hack after thay had been modified with more reliable electrics and steering. Some were rebodied completely into 2 door flat deck utes.
The Classid Lada cars based on old Fiat 131 running gear were a disaster.
Many of them sat in storage on the docks in Napier for several years before being registered as ‘new’ and sold to unsuspecting bargain hunters. They started to rot after 2-3 years in use, and fell apart due to the salt environment and UV damage from the summer sun.
So you’re saying the whole cola wars thing could have taken a darker turn.
JesseBlueMan123 on
Partial credit!
BarnytheBrit on
The start of the Corpo wars
bostonvikinguc on
The fat files YouTube channel discussing this almost exactly
Machette_Machette on
Was Pepsi arming to get that Coca-Cola Christmas bus?
Spiritual-Crab-2260 on
‘ah ah ah! COMRADE! Ve said subs! We have kidnapp’d von of your new sanwich artists from Alaska! He will make all the Subway sandwiches you want.”
(an ve will continzu the exclusive drunk contract with Pepsi as token of ur stupidity)
peatoire on
I got paid in bench grinders once.
OEAXTAIL_SOUP on
I’ve heard this sooooooo times
Better fact: Mountain Dew’s logo used to be an old Appalachia man because it was intended to cut moonshine .
How’s that for XTREME
FreshCause2566 on
This didn’t happen. The contract signed meant the ships would be transferred at a later date but the USSR collapsed first.
Did Americans investigate the technology from the warships?
Schwerpunkkt on
This has been a myth for years. It never happened.
There is no contemporary source that actually claims any of this . The story was simply made up years later and has circulated ever since. No, this deal never happened and Pepsi never owned any warships.
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Link, for anyone interested: [https://www.history.com/articles/pepsi-navy-soviet-submarines](https://www.history.com/articles/pepsi-navy-soviet-submarines)
Wait wait wait wait – you telling me Pepsi was accepting vehicles of warfare as payment, AND THEY STILL refused to give that one kid a functional harrier jet? Ships for me, no jet for thee?
Hippogriffs.
Sounds like they should have offered a submarine instead of a harrier jet
What did Pepsi do with warships?
New Zealand Dairy board did a similar barter deal with the Russians, in 1988, swapping NZ Cheddar cheese for Ladas. The 4WD Niva became a popular budget farm hack after thay had been modified with more reliable electrics and steering. Some were rebodied completely into 2 door flat deck utes.
The Classid Lada cars based on old Fiat 131 running gear were a disaster.
Many of them sat in storage on the docks in Napier for several years before being registered as ‘new’ and sold to unsuspecting bargain hunters. They started to rot after 2-3 years in use, and fell apart due to the salt environment and UV damage from the summer sun.
Obligatory Fat Electrician video:Â https://youtu.be/ft5H7tvICS0?si=P9CMEFQOn6OZ6snh
Where’s my harrier jet then? If they can get warships, they can get planes.
https://youtu.be/ft5H7tvICS0?si=V60aIzULKGJRe7q3
Awesome video about this!!!!
And they lost to Coke in the cola war?
So you’re saying the whole cola wars thing could have taken a darker turn.
Partial credit!
The start of the Corpo wars
The fat files YouTube channel discussing this almost exactly
Was Pepsi arming to get that Coca-Cola Christmas bus?
‘ah ah ah! COMRADE! Ve said subs! We have kidnapp’d von of your new sanwich artists from Alaska! He will make all the Subway sandwiches you want.”
(an ve will continzu the exclusive drunk contract with Pepsi as token of ur stupidity)
I got paid in bench grinders once.
I’ve heard this sooooooo times
Better fact: Mountain Dew’s logo used to be an old Appalachia man because it was intended to cut moonshine .
How’s that for XTREME
This didn’t happen. The contract signed meant the ships would be transferred at a later date but the USSR collapsed first.
No they didn’t
https://youtu.be/nqCSxyudKHY?is=jY15_UnjyARUjzf2
Then where did these ships go?
They never had the 6th largest navy.
All they wanted was a Pepsi
Did Americans investigate the technology from the warships?
This has been a myth for years. It never happened.
There is no contemporary source that actually claims any of this . The story was simply made up years later and has circulated ever since. No, this deal never happened and Pepsi never owned any warships.