Propaganda Fail: China Pretends Top Gun Footage is Actual Military Excercise


In case you haven’t seen this already, it’s footage that Chinese state TV officials may have tried to pass off as the results of a recent military exercise. Too bad it’s probably stolen from of one of the dog fight scenes in Top Gun.

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