Laser weapons in Israel are taken from video games - Expert investigation

The developers of ARMA 3 have repeatedly stated that frames from their game have been used more than once to spread misinformation. Close cooperation with the world media is needed to solve this problem. On the social networks, on October 15, videoaders of probable use of the Iron Beam laser -rocket defense ("Iron Ray") for the interception of Hamas rockets started by the Israeli laser defense ("Iron Ray") appeared.

As it turned out, in fact, these footage is taken from the video game in the ARMA 3 military simulator genre and have nothing to do with the real use of Iron Beam. This was told on October 16 by Defense News. The authors of the publication write that the videos appeared this weekend on the Twitter site, and in the comments it was mistaken that the video shows the work of the Iron Beam Israeli Laser Installation, developed by the Rafael Advanced Defense System.

"Circumcised frames with low resolution that demonstrate the intercepting of a whole swarm of shells in front of the tower, taken from the Arma 3 game, which the publisher, Bohemia Interactive, calls" large -scale military sandbox ", - the experts say. October was warned that Arma 3, whose action is unfolding in futuristic, fictional conflict, is easily modified and used to spread misinformation.

They can be perceived for real fighting and used as military propaganda, " - said the Bohemia Interactive Public Relations Manager Pavel Krzhkh. Introducing this problem is active cooperation with the world's leading media, which have great coverage and opportunities to effectively fight fakes. At the same time, it has been noted that Arma 3 frames have been used repeatedly as a replacement of real events in Afghanistan, Syria, and Ukraine.