World War III

[Nickdfresh]

I think on movies like Top Gun the military gets to sign off on the script in return for access to the hardware so kind of a bit like government funded propaganda.

The Pentagon withdrew support for the film, but I couldn't find any reason or elaboration on that...

[FORD]

[Seshmeister]

I think on movies like Top Gun the military gets to sign off on the script in return for access to the hardware so kind of a bit like government funded propaganda.

[Nickdfresh]

All of it ridiculous Cold War propaganda that's best forgotten.

It was ridiculous and implausible, but wasn't gov't-funded propaganda. The writer/producer (forget his name) was a hard right borderline fascist that usually put out movies featuring authoritarian themes and violet solutions to problems.

Haven't seen it in years, but it's still one of my favorite bad films...

[Nickdfresh]

A quick google failed, I would be interested to know how many MRE's the US military has stockpiled - I bet it's an insane number.

...

Looks like anywhere form 55M to 233Million depending on what a "case" is...

DLA’s MRE inventory levels fluctuate based on the flow of purchases
from industry and sales to the services, as shown in figure 3. Based on
data from fiscal years 2007 through 2014, on average DLA purchased 3.3
million MRE cases from industry per year and sold 3.56 million cases per
year to the services. The average on-hand inventory level was about 4.66
million cases. In addition, the data show that the average yearly MRE
sales to the services decreased from about 4 million cases in fiscal year
2010 to 3 million cases in fiscal year 2012 and remained relatively
constant at around 3 million cases from fiscal years 2012 through 2014.
There were also decreases in annual purchases from suppliers starting in
fiscal year 2010.

https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-15-474.pdf

[Nickdfresh]

A quick google failed, I would be interested to know how many MRE's the US military has stockpiled - I bet it's an insane number.

I did find that they are maybe $10 a meal, which I bet is a bit more expensive than the Chinese one.

It's probably 10's of millions, some are deep frozen giving them nearly a decade of shelf life. The freeze dried over can style ration has been around since 1980 and they regularly are 5-7 years of shelf life if properly stored, though special operations and aviation had used MRE style meals since at least the 60's. The first one varied from decent to awful, the heater element didn't come about until the late 80's making even the worst menu choice palatable. I recall eating "Franks-and-Beans" and it was horrid cold, but okay warmed up.

To be fair, the 1989 ration guy said the other Chinese menu items were good, it's just the Pork Chow Mein (menu item 13) that is I assume made by a corrupt manufacturer that is vile and made him sick on his first try even though it was only a year old. He mentions how he partially ate a US Army 1906 emergency ration of dried meat and chocolate and felt great after...

[Nitro Express]

So the Russian Army wanted Chinese PLA rations?

The main ration is probably Soylent Green made from all the people who die in Chi Com gulags. The bodies are processed after their organs are removed and sold for profit.

[Nitro Express]

A quick google failed, I would be interested to know how many MRE's the US military has stockpiled - I bet it's an insane number.

I did find that they are maybe $10 a meal, which I bet is a bit more expensive than the Chinese one.

They all beat hard tack or salt pork.

[Nitro Express]

When the Russian fans started supporting Rocky was possibly the most cheesy deluded ridiculous thing that has ever been put on film.

I've never watched Red Dawn, I assumed it would be shit. :D

All of it ridiculous Cold War propaganda that's best forgotten.

[Seshmeister]

A quick google failed, I would be interested to know how many MRE's the US military has stockpiled - I bet it's an insane number.

I did find that they are maybe $10 a meal, which I bet is a bit more expensive than the Chinese one.

[twonabomber]

[FORD]

Apparently the big rectangular thing is some form of fried rice? Well... it couldn't be any worse than Panda Express, I guess?

[Nickdfresh]

So the Russian Army wanted Chinese PLA rations?

[Seshmeister]

The Ukrainians are now on the offensive north of Kyiv and have retaken some towns and control 80% of a key suburb. The Russians are pulling the last of their trained, competent manpower out of places like occupied eastern Georgia and have completely stopped around Kyiv and are in defensive positions. The Russian Ministry of Offense is now saying they've met their main objectives and are now focusing on securing Donbas in the East. This maybe a signal that Russia is looking for a way out...

I don't think most people have quite realized yet how much of a game changer this is yet at all. Everything has changed.

[FORD]