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# Our Carrier Video Is _Way_ Cooler Than Yours

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## 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.


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