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BackSurprised to see Communist J-10 fighter jets appear at Taitung Zhihang Base on National Day? The truth exposure network was dumbfounded
Surprised to see Communist J-10 fighter jets appear at Taitung Zhihang Base on National Day? The truth exposure network was dumbfounded
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Surprised to see Communist J-10 fighter jets appear at Taitung Zhihang Base on National Day? The truth exposure network was dumbfounded

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  • When the supervision unit of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications was making a map of controlled road sections in Taitung for the National Day fireworks, it mistakenly planted a picture of the People's Liberation Army's J-10 fighter jet downloaded from the Internet above the Zhihang Base.
  • Netizens pointed out that its obvious canard characteristics were inconsistent with the Chinese military fighter plane.
  • The supervision unit admitted that it had mistakenly planted the picture and had removed the picture.

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Why It Matters

The supervision unit of the Ministry of Transportation has produced a map of controlled road sections in Taitung area for the National Day fireworks for the public to go to where to watch the fireworks.

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The map produced by the maintenance unit also randomly captured photos of military aircraft from the Internet and mistakenly included J-10 fighter jets. (Extracted from the Ministry of Transport website)

It's really an exaggeration! In order to draw a map so that people can smoothly reach the location to watch the National Day fireworks in Taitung on National Day, the supervision unit of the Ministry of Transportation posted a picture of a military aircraft above the Zhihang base. They randomly grabbed military aircraft with "canard wings" from the Internet. Eagle-eyed netizens took a look and found out, "Why is it the Chinese Communist Party's J-10? Is the Albanian Communist Party calling?"

It is not surprising that the supervisory unit has no knowledge of national defense, but it may be common knowledge that Chinese fighter aircraft do not have horizontal front wings "canards". On the website of the Ministry of Transportation, in order to promote the controlled road sections in Taitung today, especially the controlled road sections around the National Day fireworks display site, a map was specially made to indicate the directions to follow, and a picture of a fighter jet was posted near the Zhihang Base. However, sharp-eyed netizens discovered that it was actually a "J-10" fighter jet of the People's Liberation Army.

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Some netizens said that although the proportion of the fighter plane picture in the whole picture is not large, the style is too obvious, and the canards are the focus. The Chinese army does not have such aircraft. "Did the People's Liberation Army come? Or is it occupied?", "Foretelling that the country will be liberated on National Day?"

Personnel from the supervision unit of the Ministry of Transportation stated that the picture was mistakenly posted and had been taken down earlier. Since the Zhihang base had not received instructions from the superior unit, it could only reply in a low-key manner: "It is impossible for the J-10 to fly to Zhihang intact. For a common aircraft to appear in Zhihang, it must either surrender or be smashed and dragged in."

No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like a Chinese military aircraft. (Extracted from the Ministry of Transport website)

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • The Ministry of Transport will strengthen the review mechanism for promotional materials produced by supervisory units

    Likely · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • Why would the supervision unit download unverified pictures of military aircraft from the Internet?
  • Is there a verification mechanism to prevent similar accidental implantation incidents from happening again?

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