A War Thunder clip shared on social media as footage of the war in Iran racked up over 7 million views, and was even shared by the governor of Texas

The current conflict between the US/Israel and Iran has seen an abundance of footage circulating online: some shared directly ...
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US governor boosts US-Iran 'combat footage' that is actually from War Thunder, featuring WW2-era weapons

War Thunder footage of a WW2-era plane attacking a battleship has been passed off as footage of the current US war on Iran.
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D’oh! Texas Gov. Greg Abbott thought a video game was actual footage of Iran war

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during the CPAC Texas 2022 conference in Dallas. How embarrassing. Texas governor Greg Abbott ...

Viral Iran conflict footage is actually just gameplay from War Thunder

A social media post claiming to show a US warship taking out an Iranian fighter plane is actually a WWII battle taking place ...
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Texas Governor Mistakes Video Game for War Footage

A convincing clip causes a major public mix-up and shows just how difficult it is to tell the difference between fiction and ...
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‘War Thunder’ continues to live up to its reputation for OPSEC violations

Attention “War Thunder” video gamers: Why do you do this to me? For the past few weeks, the news cycle has — to borrow a term from “Spaceballs” — gone to plaid, and now someone has yet again posted ...

A War Thunder clip shared on social media as footage of the war in Iran racked up 7 million views

A clip from the videogame War Thunder has been circulated as footage from the current war in Iran.