1989: The year soda company briefly became a naval superpower
1989: The year soda company briefly became a naval superpower
www.historyskills.com 1989: The year soda company Pepsi briefly became a naval superpower
Pepsi is one of the most popular soft drinks in the world, but few people know that it once had a naval fleet that rivaled some of the major powers of its time. This is the story of how Pepsi acquired and sold a navy of warships and submarines from the Soviet Union in exchange for its fizzy beverage...
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That's why the dude John Leonard was hoping for a Harriet. Maybe an old Soviet warship would have sufficed for 7,000,000 Pepsi points if they still had one in storage.
Ranking by weight of their products in the sea they are much bigger than some western naval force.
Here is the episode about it from the Lions led by Donkeys podcast: