--- title: Our Carrier Video Is Way Cooler Than Yours description: China touts its new toy canonical: https://time.com/71843/our-carrier-video-is-way-cooler-than-yours/ author: Mark Thompson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-22T14:54:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T07:25:50.264Z article:section: Politics og:title: Our Carrier Video Is Way Cooler Than Yours og:description: China touts its new toy og:url: https://time.com/71843/our-carrier-video-is-way-cooler-than-yours/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Our Carrier Video Is Way Cooler Than Yours twitter:description: China touts its new toy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Our Carrier Video Is _Way_ Cooler Than Yours by [Mark Thompson](https://time.com/author/mark-thompson/) ## Mark Thompson Apr 22, 2014 2:54 PM UTC by [Mark Thompson](https://time.com/author/mark-thompson/) ## Mark Thompson Apr 22, 2014 2:54 PM UTC Ever since 1986’s [_Top Gun_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN8ze3S0Uj8), music and the carefully-choreographed mayhem that happens on a carrier’s flight deck have gone together like peanut butter and chocolate. But if you thought such confections are limited to the U.S. Navy, you’d be wrong. Not only does China have a new carrier, with another on the way, it now has a video showing off some of what its existing flattop, the _Liaoning_, and its J-15 fighters can do. The video celebrates the 65th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army Navy. It was produced by AVIC—the Aviation Industry Corporation of China—a state-owned aerospace and defense company. There are no English subtitles, but the pounding music and great photography get the message across. In contrast, the U.S. Navy’s “Royal Maces”—an F-18 squadron aboard the _USS George Washington_—have just released a video, below, featuring their own carrier-based antics. No words are necessary. \[ht—\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/71843/our-carrier-video-is-way-cooler-than-yours/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/71843/our-carrier-video-is-way-cooler-than-yours/"},"headline":"Our Carrier Video Is Way Cooler Than Yours","datePublished":"2014-04-22T14:54:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:25:50.264Z","description":"China touts its new toy","url":"https://time.com/71843/our-carrier-video-is-way-cooler-than-yours/","keywords":["Military","Navy","Pentagon"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark Thompson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mark-thompson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/military/","name":"Military"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/71843/our-carrier-video-is-way-cooler-than-yours/","name":"Our Carrier Video Is Way Cooler Than Yours"}}]}] ```