Incidents

"Historical Victory": Pakistani government issued a video game footage for their own response to India's attacks (video)

To spread: Pakistan's government was disgraced through a video game: at the official account on the social network X X -Metroe Minister Attaul Tarar posted a video with a military battle, calling it "the response of the Pakistan army to India's aggression. " Also, Pakistan Shehbaz Pakistan, Sharif, announced that the country had "won the war". The footage posted by the Pakistani government spread the UNIAN edition in the Telegram channel.

The short video shows the air defense system knocks the fighter in the air. The problem is that the "footage of destruction of Indian aircraft" that he was proud was a fragment from the Arma 3 video game. This is a popular computer video game in the genre of tactical shooter with role -playing elements, the third in the account of the ARMA series, created by the Czech company Bohemia Interactive Studio.

This is not the first time that politicians or media outlets are graphics from games for real fighting. In 2017, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published "indisputable evidence" that the United States covered IDIL fighters in Syria. It turned out that one of the "evidence" is a screenshot from the AC-130 Gunship Simulator mobile game. Photos were quickly found on the developers' site. And in 2020, the media in Myanmar published footage with Call of Duty.

The State Channel plot showed a military operation against the rebels-a video fragment was taken from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. In the evening of May 10, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made a speech to a nation during which his country had declared a war. In addition, he said, Pakistan managed to destroy military bases in India. "We have completely destroyed the enemy air and military bases, as well as knocked down Rafale planes," he said during a speech.