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Stealth (2005) More at IMDbPro »

• Revealing mistakes: Although the aircraft carrier is identified as the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) early in the movie, and initial action is indeed on the Lincoln, subsequent scenes are on both the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) as indicated by the large "68" and "70" on the flight deck and island structure.
  
  
• Miscellaneous: Lt. Wade's punch put co-ords are given as 38 54 45N, by 127 31 22E. However, this point is about 40 to 50 miles from the Korean border. No the 12.2 miles that EDI states later on.
  
  
• Factual errors: In the sniper shot fired by the North Korean at Lt Wade, the sound of the gunshot is heard before it seen penetrating her. The gunshot sound would have been heard after the bullet hit it's mark, since the scene is shown from the opposite side of the cliffs from where the shot was fired. Part of a gunshot sound is the sonic boom of a bullet exceeding the speed of the sound.
  
  

• Revealing mistakes: Refueling booms have that cone on the end for several reasons: one is stability; another is to help guide the refueling probe into the receptacle. By shooting off that cone the boom would whip around so violently that it would be impossible to pinpoint its end. Also, inside that cone are protrusions which interact on the aircraft probe valve system to allow the passage of fuel. Without that interaction, the interlock on the probe would never open.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: The planes were flying at 15' in altitude over rice paddies and water at very high speeds. The force of the air being compressed under the jet would have made major disturbances in the water - yet nothing happened to the terrain. A few seconds later, they flew over building and ripped the roof tiles off.
  
  
• Errors in geography: The USS Abraham Lincoln is located in the Philippine Sea. The three Talons and the EDI fly westwards, to Myanmar. It is daylight in the Philippine Sea but nighttime in Myanmar. Although it is conceivable that they were flying from dawn westwards to where it was still just before dawn, there were a lot of people and traffic on the street, which would have indicated that it was early evening in Myanmar.
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): An elite combatant would not fire a missile in a close-quarters situation, especially when other weapons are available. Anyone with just moderate training would know how to choose the right weapon for the right job.
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Survival training must not have been a high priority for these elite pilots. Breaking radio silence over enemy territory to relay unimportant information and drawing attention to oneself while attempting to evade are just a couple of the errors these aviators make.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the UCAV is first taken for a test run, Lt. Ben Gannon is heard to say "Let the schoolin' begin!" right before the fighters break formation, yet on the screens in the command center showing facial shots of each pilot you can clearly see his mouth is not moving.
  
  
• Errors in geography: Kyrgystan is on border of China and Pakistan. Based on geography, the closest friendly base is in Turkey, which is to the WEST. The carrier was in the Phillipine Sea, which is to the SOUTH. They chased EDI all over the place without entering Russian Airspace (to the east). Then Wade got fragged and then Gannon ordered her "straight back to the boat [carrier]". So why did Wade's Talon 2 break up over North Korea, which is FAR to the EAST?
  
  
• Factual errors: When the Talons are about to get catapulted off the Lincoln early in the movie, one is shown with the yellow chocks around the wheels, and steel chains and hooks still attached holding it down to the deck to prevent movement. This is not the standard configuration for a jet just seconds from being catapulted airborne.
  
  

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