The deal proposed in 1990, in which US$3 billion worth of Pepsi would be traded for 20 decommissioned Soviet warships to be sold for scrap, ultimately did not take place due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and would have only granted PepsiCo 'small, old, obsolete, unseaworthy vessels.'

At no point in time did PepsiCo own the '6th most powerful navy' (or military) in the world after a deal with the Soviet Union.

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