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Did China Try To Pass Off Top Gun As Air Force Footage?

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  1. bullardfan

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    Did China Try To Pass Off Top Gun As Air Force Footage?
    January 27, 2011

    A few days ago, China Central Television showed footage of what they claimed was an air force training exercise conducted on January 23. From the looks of things, they were actually just playing clips from Top Gun.

    The clips in question were reportedly aired during the News Broadcast program on China Central Television, the major state television broadcast company. They supposedly showed a J-10 fighter firing a missile at another aircraft during a practice exercise.

    But an internet commenter quickly pointed out that the aircraft the J-10 was shown shooting down was an F-5, an American aircraft, and the very one Tom Cruise guns down in a scene from Top Gun. Comparing frames from the CCTV broadcast (left) and Top Gun (right), well, they're lookin' pretty much identical.

    <a rel="lytebox" href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/01/topgun22.jpg"><img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/01/500x_topgun22.jpg" class="left image500" alt="Did China Try To Pass Off Top Gun As Air Force Footage?" width="500"></a></p>

    So that's amusing. There's no word yet on whether or not the Chinese fighter pilots engaged in any beach volleyball after the exercises.

    Send an email to Kyle VanHemert, the author of this post, at kvanhemert@gizmodo.com.
     
    #1 bullardfan, Jan 31, 2011
  2. Fyreball

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    Lol at China trying to play the role of Global Tough Guys......
     
    #2 Fyreball, Jan 31, 2011
  3. KingCheetah

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    Here's some footage of the Chinese volleyball team training...

    <iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fdAVH-ZeUHc" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe>
     
    #3 KingCheetah, Jan 31, 2011
  4. The Real Shady

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    LOL. China fail.
     
    #4 The Real Shady, Jan 31, 2011
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    the next great superpower
     
    #5 DCkid, Jan 31, 2011
  6. Jontro

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    Not impressed.

    Do Independence Day if they want to scare anybody.
     
    #6 Jontro, Jan 31, 2011
  7. VanityHalfBlack

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    CCTV is like the Fox News of Asia....
     
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    Indeed. If you're going to troll the US with fake military might, you got to do better than a 20 year old movie footage. At least get some Japanese anime footage and work in some giant robots. :grin:
     
    #8 meh, Jan 31, 2011
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    New footage of Chinese fighter squadron...

    <iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9uisogCGt7Q" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen></iframe>
     
    #9 KingCheetah, Jan 31, 2011
  10. bullardfan

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    woah! robotech 3D?! i love robotech.
     
    #10 bullardfan, Jan 31, 2011
  11. Dr of Dunk

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    That'd be a good one... look... a black chinese soldier with a fade and an attitude!
     
    #11 Dr of Dunk, Jan 31, 2011
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