Specifically the third-world government fumbling the response to the missing submarine. Nitpick: I know the connotations it's picked up since then, but the ter

Specifically the third-world government fumbling the response to the missing submarine. Nitpick: I know the connotations it's picked up since then, but the term "third world" still should not be used to describe Russia. As coined, the "first world" was NATO + NATO-aligned nations (so, US and US allies/sphere of influence); the "second world" was the Warsaw Pact + aligned nations (so, USSR and USSR allies/sphere of influence); and the "third world" was the nations not included in the first two classifications, and in which the US/USSR tended to try to cultivate ties or fight proxy wars with each other.