after eradicating the taliban hellhole , curtis had cruised back at supersonic speed , his heart singing , the burning village a screensaver , to find the reagan heavily engaged with a chinese fleet that had snuck up the coast ( radar so unreliable anymore ) and he swooped in and dropped ordnance on beijing 's destroyers and battleships , surprising the bejesus out of chinese admirals who were pretty sure all those sleek , fast used-to-be-good american jets were rare enough they constituted no more threat .