Chinese TV Passes Off Footage from “Top Gun” as Chinese Military Drill

[The Straight Story]

Chinese TV Passes Off Footage from “Top Gun” as Chinese Military Drill

Memo to China: If you’re going to pirate footage from a Hollywood film for propaganda purposes, make sure you borrow from something few have seen.

China Central Television, a government-sponsored broadcaster, recently aired footage purportedly of a Chinese J-10 fighter demonstrating its air-to-air combat prowess. In the clip aired over Chinese television, the fighter fires a missile at another plane, blowing it to bits.

A Chinese blogger immediately recognized the footage, identifying it as a scene from the hit American film, Top Gun, in which a U.S. F-14 Tomcat shoots down an F-5, also made in the U.S.A.

No one from broadcaster CCT has said anything about the apparent fraud.

http://www.allgov.com/Unusual_News/ViewNews/Chinese_TV_Passes_Off_Footage_from_Top_Gun_as_Chinese_Military_Drill_110201

[gateley]

1. That's hysterical! nt

[DCKit]

2. Rupert owns stations in China too?

I'd love to see their version of our favorite Faux talking heads.

[jdp349]

3. Welcome to the danger zone China

too close for missiles! Switching to guns!