Soviet Whiskey-class submarine underway at sea

Pepsi and Soviet Submarines: The Strange Deal of 1989

In 1989, Pepsi and Soviet submarines became part of the same business story. Reports described seventeen submarines and three surface warships being sold for scrap, with a soft-drink company involved in the arrangements. It was an unusual way to keep cola flowing into a country. The story later acquired a more dramatic ending: Pepsi supposedly