Chinese air force video shows simulated bomber attack on Pacific island resembling Guam

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A promotional video the Chinese air force released on Saturday appears to depict a simulated strike on a Pacific island some media outlets identified as Guam. In the two-minute clip posted to the force’s Weibo social media account, inspirational music plays as a Chinese H-6K long-range bomber soars over rural China to the Pacific Ocean. With the pilot’s press of a button, a missile speeds toward what appears to be a military base on an unnamed island, which erupts in flames in an explosion.

The South China Morning Post wrote that the island in the simulation has more than a passing resemblance to the U.S. facility on the island of Guam.

Reuters said, the runway layout of the targeted base appeared to be the main U.S. air force base on Guam.

The H-6K bomber has a combat radius of nearly 2,200 miles placing Guam within its range, according to the Center for Security and International Studies Asia Maritime Initiative.

Eagle eyed internet sleuths, however, noted on social media that the simulation appears to be cut from several Hollywood films. The clip of the missile speeding toward an island matches an opening scene in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The ensuing explosion matches that from the ending of the 1996 Nicholas Cage movie, The Rock.

The island featured in Transformers is supposed to be Diego Garcia, which is home to a U.S. Navy base. The explosion in The Rock is set on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

The Chinese air force video did not indicate which island it intended to depict.