Joshua Keating at ForeignPolicy.com has returned from the Chinese blogosphere bearing treasure. Footage posted by the PLA that purports to show a recent air force drill bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain much loved 80s movie:
Now check out what happens when the target plane blows up:
Yee-hah, Jester’s dead! Or something like that.
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