Did the Chinese try to pass Top Gun footage as their own airforce?

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China's state broadcaster is facing questions after internet users spotted that footage in a report on air force manoeuvres in a national newscast was taken from the 1980s Hollywood film Top Gun.

China Central Television, or CCTV, aired the footage in a January 23 report on a People's Liberation Army Air Force training exercise, showing a plane firing a missile at another.

The second aircraft plane was destroyed in a fiery explosion and the dramatic footage was shown in between interviews with air force officers.

However, some internet users recognised the explosion from the dogfight in the final scene of the 1986 film Top Gun, starring Tom Cruise.

The Wall Street Journal posted a side-by-side video comparison of the CCTV news report and the Top Gun scene on its website, showing the two were identical.

If this is certainly what they did, then wow.

Is this really true? It seems far too silly to be true. The Chinese government can't be that foolish.Hexagon_777

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]Is this really true? It seems far too silly to be true. The Chinese government can't be that foolish.Travo_basic

They done something similar before, although I'm too young to remember, so why not.

ahaha, they could have least chosen a lesser known film *facepalm*

Do you think we can convince China that Top Gun was actually a love story?

Do you think we can convince China that Top Gun was actually a love story?

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It is easier to use existing footage than make your own :Pthe_ChEeSe_mAn2

[QUOTE="the_ChEeSe_mAn2"]It is easier to use existing footage than make your own :PTravo_basic

I take back everything I ever said about China winning anything ever.

Top Gun rules..Im shocked they never thought of making a second one..Kelly mginnis spelled last name wrong was hot in this..The chinese doesnt have a great air force maybe therintimidating, there people..Scare tactics..

Great balls of fire ! haha. Oh the Chinese...

Ha ha ha, those whacky Chinese.

If the Chinese government wants to lie and deceive their people with bogus footage, they should have at least picked a less popular film so that this wouldn't have been found out.UT_Wrestler

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Is this really true? It seems far too silly to be true. The Chinese government can't be that foolish.Hexagon_777

:lol: That's just too good.

And people were afraid of their stealth fighter....

*"Leaves to look at transformer footage".

Probably to disguise the fact that outside of sheer numbers, their military is ****.