A few days ago , China Central Television showed footage of what they claimed was an line force preparation exercise conducted on January 23 . From the smell of things , they were actually just playing clips from Top Gun .
The snip in question were reportedly aired during the News Broadcast program on China Central Television , the major state tv broadcast troupe . They supposedly showed a J-10 paladin arouse a missile at another aircraft during a practice exercise .
But an internet commenter rapidly point out that the aircraft the J-10 was show shooting down was an F-5 , an American aircraft , and the very one Tom Cruise guns down in a scene from Top Gun . Comparing figure from the CCTV broadcast ( leave ) and Top Gun ( right ) , well , they ’re lookin ’ pretty much identical .
So that ’s amusing . There ’s no word yet on whether or not the Taiwanese attack aircraft pilots engaged in any beach volleyball after the recitation . [ MiniTofuviaGeekosystem ]
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