Check Out Russia's 'Secret' MiG-28 Fighter (Or Perhaps from North Korea?)

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But we know it only was real in the movies. 

Yes, Top Gun is not a documentary. But it is honestly a credit to the film's greatness that even the most discerning audiences were able to easily suspend disbelief over details like these. Perhaps taking a fun movie too seriously is the wrong approach — but if we don't hold the production folks in Hollywood liable for their terrible military design choices, no one will.