Watching TV shows or movies that display Russia as a military superpower is almost surreal nowadays.

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Watching TV shows or movies that display Russia as a military superpower is almost surreal nowadays. - Lemmy.world

Was just watching Jack Ryan Season 3 and seeing the display of force and their movements causes some interesting dissonance given what we know now.

Could be worse OP, could be a movie about the North Koreans successfully invading America, you know, North Korea, a country that barely has a navy and who’s Air Force is mostly old Migs from several decades ago, a country who starts threatening their neighbors whenever their food supply runs low because their chubby leader eats too much.

At least the original version of the movie was against the Russians while they were a super power.

Red Dawn (2012 film) - Wikipedia

a country that barely has a navy

North Korea has the largest submarine fleet of any nation. Of course most of those are old diesel subs, but the point still stands.

According to the documentary Down Periscope, a nuclear sub is no match for a diesel sub with a misfit crew.

The US Navy wouldn’t last a week

What a terrible demotion for Kelsey Grammer, from Starfleet to submarines.
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