&gt; ok, TopGun was pure propaganda, but USN wasn&#x27;t actually writing the scripts.<p>That&#x27;s a big assumption. How many recruits were attracted to naval service by that movie?<p>Tom Clancy was another example of likely propaganda from that era. How likely is it for a random insurance agent who likes to play Harpoon to write dramatization of war plans, and then get the type of access that Clancy had?