{"id":298309,"date":"2025-05-08T15:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=298309"},"modified":"2025-05-08T16:06:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T10:36:30","slug":"gaming-video-shared-as-real-footage-of-pakistani-jet-being-shoot-down-operation-sindoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/gaming-video-shared-as-real-footage-of-pakistani-jet-being-shoot-down-operation-sindoor\/","title":{"rendered":"Footage does not show Pakistani jets shot down by Indian army; videos by gamers, predating Op Sindoor go viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soon after India launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of May 7, unverified visuals of missiles and aircraft were viral on social media with claims that these depicted the Indian or Pakistani forces in action. Among these are two videos that reportedly show Indian defence forces shooting down fighter jets from Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The Indian armed forces have called the military strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) “focused, measured and non-escalatory” and said that no Pakistani military facilities were targeted. They added that the operation was undertaken to target nine sites where terrorist activities against India were being planned. The action comes a fortnight after the dastardly terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, where terrorists, allegedly associated with the banned Pakistan-based outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, killed 26 civilians. Since the operation’s launch, however, there has been a spurt of misinformation and unrelated visuals on social media, manipulating perceptions of what unfolded in the strikes.<\/p>\n

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One such viral clip shows a C-RAM (Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar) device and some jets flying. In the video, the C-RAM appears to destabilise the jets.<\/p>\n

X user Manish Kasyap Son Of Bihar (@ManishKasyapsob) shared this clip on May 7 with a caption in Hindi that translates to: “This Pakistani F17 jet came and was shot down by the Indian Army. #OperationSindoor”. The post has received over 410,000 views and has been reshared over 300 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Manish Kasyap Son Of Bihar (@ManishKasyapsob) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another X user, Deepak Sharma (@SonOfBharat7), also shared<\/a> the same clip on May 7, claiming it shows the Indian Army shooting down Pakistani jets. At the time of writing this, the post had over 1 million views and was been reshared by more than 2,800 users. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Alt News has written about misinformation and communal content shared by this user.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Another X account, DreamThatWorks (@dreamthatworks), shared<\/a> the same clip on May 7, claiming that the Indian forces shot down a Pakistani JF-17 thunder jet. The post has received over 3 million views and was reshared 1,200 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Several others on X also shared the viral clip with the same claim.<\/p>\n