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2022-05-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

The fake hypersonic plane in 'Top Gun: Maverick' looked so real that China moved a satellite to see it

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Posted by DarthVader 2022-05-06 05:28|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 ...This has actually happened twice before - with the Hammerhead fighter mockups from Space: Above And Beyond and then with the Eddie mockup from the film Stealth.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-05-06 06:32|| 2022-05-06 06:32|| Front Page Top

#2 It's easy to make fun of this. It could also be looked at as erring on the side of caution. See: dummy tanks in Britain during WW II.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-05-06 07:21|| 2022-05-06 07:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Seems likely to me the US used 'fake plane for a movie' disinformation more than once as cover for a real plane. They'd be fools to not check it out. That is what the satellites are for.

Posted by ruprecht 2022-05-06 10:31|| 2022-05-06 10:31|| Front Page Top

#4 And Fang Fang.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-05-06 11:52|| 2022-05-06 11:52|| Front Page Top

#5 It's not so much satellite coverage of a fake plane, as they wanted to see if it actually moved. 'Cause then it's not a fake.

Posted by ed in texas 2022-05-06 12:41|| 2022-05-06 12:41|| Front Page Top

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