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.

  • DigitalTraveler42
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    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 while the rest of the country is at famine levels of hunger.

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

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      The remake was originally going to feature a Chinese invasion, but they wanted it to still release and sell in China, so they made North Korea the bad guy instead.

      It never did release in China.

    • @I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml
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      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.

      • DigitalTraveler42
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        202 years ago

        We’ve seen what the Russian military has been like in Ukraine, if you think most of those subs aren’t rusting piles of garbage then you’re probably drinking that tankie Kool aid. They’ve probably had to cannibalize the majority of them just to keep what few they have running, because it’s not like they just idly make parts for 1950’s era subs, especially not for a country that barely has enough money to feed themselves and spends most of that on their nuclear program.

        Also they’re loud ass diesel subs, every modern navy will know exactly where they are and how many they have easily, and it’s not like 1950’s weaponry is going to make up the difference.

      • @SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world
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        Few old diesel shitters that will be suppressed immediately. Quality over quantity, especially after a military superpower like the US

    • tired_n_bored
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      I thought it was a North Korean movie for propaganda reasons, turns out it’s an American movie 😭

    • @BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social
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      12 years ago

      Wasn’t russia also a part of the remake? I vaguely remember that movie and can’t recall much other than a mustang with a m134 or some goofy shit like that.