{"id":56704,"date":"2020-01-20T15:11:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T09:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=56704"},"modified":"2020-01-20T15:13:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T09:43:41","slug":"video-game-footage-shared-as-us-anti-missile-defense-batteries-taking-down-iranian-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-game-footage-shared-as-us-anti-missile-defense-batteries-taking-down-iranian-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Video game footage shared as US anti-missile defense batteries taking down Iranian missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;This is why the Iranian missiles didn&#8217;t damage the US base in Iraq . It&#8217;s the US anti missile batteries. Incredible to watch,&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>is a viral claim accompanying a video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is why the Iranian missiles didn&#8217;t damage the US base in Iraq . It&#8217;s the US anti missile batteries. Incredible to watch &#8230;.Via WA <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nKJvz94Jtr\">pic.twitter.com\/nKJvz94Jtr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JP \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@JPulasaria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JPulasaria\/status\/1217808078621462528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Several individuals shared the video with the same claim on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/str\/This+is+why+the+Iranian+missiles+didn%27t+damage+the+US+base+in+Iraq+.+It%27s+the+US+anti+missile+batteries.+Incredible+to+watch+.\/keywords_blended_posts?f=AbqV5uo5-rD63FhZryrSQGwnnLcG1oyGMxTJDj7PTWnCPCaeeknpQkBBCdARIKkvU9ydJ1OS8ANdPvZjgFihJL5prA0DdqRkMsgrSSmjiq2cLzZZoRpe-r1icepyEfd9UaZ7cyLxTs-PhmeBmPmIBLFwm-JJRlkM1OrBowKrV0DzZB0XBS6WbU5JcBRfzE9hio-pFAK2_9SVShYDCttNXaJrktb0pOg6sdHDjrCTl4R-2A7-uE5d0feV8L5Ii8AsIFromj_WjQ_3iPfrxfp0Ca3yCaRruvENUrFD-S-zH7mL2A&amp;filters=eyJycF9hdXRob3IiOiJ7XCJuYW1lXCI6XCJtZXJnZWRfcHVibGljX3Bvc3RzXCIsXCJhcmdzXCI6XCJcIn0ifQ%3D%3D&amp;epa=SEE_MORE\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A similar claim has also been used to circulate the video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=What%20is%20not%20talked%20about%20is%20the%20US%20automatic%20missile%20defense%20system%20that%20took%20almost%20all%20of%20them%20down.%20It%E2%80%99s%20a%20battery%20of%2050%20caliber%20guns%20that%20fires%203000%20rounds%20per&amp;epa=SERP_TAB\">Facebook<\/a> and Whatsapp. It reads, <em>&#8220;Iran fired 12 missiles at an American base in Iraq&#8230;old story. News report that &#8211; Iranian missiles missed. What is not talked about is the US automatic missile defense system that took almost all of them down. It\u2019s a battery of 50 caliber guns that fires 3000 rounds per minute at the incoming missile(s). Here is a video of what happened.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56709 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-3.30.10-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-3.30.10-PM.png 657w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-3.30.10-PM-300x274.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News has received multiple requests on its official\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.altnews&amp;hl=en_IN\">mobile application<\/a> to fact-check the video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56730 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-2.47.57-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-2.47.57-PM.png 1023w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-2.47.57-PM-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-2.47.57-PM-768x297.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-2.47.57-PM-990x382.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Video game clip<\/h2>\n<p>Alt News used\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/invid.condat.de\/videos\/5dfcdf95b64242ab041d1686\">InVID<\/a> to break the viral video into key-frames and perform a reverse-search of one of the frames on Google. We came across a video on YouTube uploaded on Jun 24, 2019 with the description <em>&#8220;\u7121\u4eba\u822a\u7a7a\u6a5f \u591c\u9593\u5c04\u6483 \u30d5\u30ea\u30b2\u30fc\u30c8 \u642d\u8f09 \u30d5\u30a1\u30e9\u30f3\u30af\u30b9 \u6483\u589c \u30b7\u30a6\u30b9 \u30c9\u30ed\u30fc\u30f3 CIWS Phalanx Drone UAV Frigate Night ARMA3 \u30a2\u30fc\u30de3 \u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30cd\u30eb\u767b\u9332\u3092\u304a\u9858\u3044\u3057\u307e\u3059\u266a\u266a\u266a&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30d5\u30a1\u30e9\u30f3\u30af\u30b9 \u30c8\u30de\u30db\u30fc\u30af \u5de1\u822a\u30df\u30b5\u30a4\u30eb\u3092\u6483\u589c\u306e\u77ac\u9593 \u30b7\u30a6\u30b9 CIWS Phalanx cruise missile BGM-109 Tomahawk\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CMUv2BF5hUo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" data-qa=\"message_content\">\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\">\n<div>The Japanese text <strong><em>(\u3053\u306e\u52d5\u753b\u306f \u3001\u30d5\u30a3\u30af\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u3067\u3059 \u3002\u767b\u5834\u3059\u308b\u4eba\u7269\u30fb\u56e3\u4f53\u30fb\u540d\u79f0\u7b49\u306f\u67b6\u7a7a\u3067\u3042\u308a \u3001\u5b9f\u5728\u306e\u3082\u306e\u3068\u306f\u95a2\u4fc2\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093 \u3002)<\/em><\/strong> at the end of the video translates to, &#8220;<em>This video is fiction. Characters, groups, names, etc. are fictitious and have nothing to do with real things.&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-4.09.27-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1428\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-4.09.27-PM.png 1428w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-4.09.27-PM-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-4.09.27-PM-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-4.09.27-PM-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-4.09.27-PM-990x415.png 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-4.09.27-PM-1320x554.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1428px) 100vw, 1428px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\">\n<div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">The same video was earlier debunked by a <a href=\"https:\/\/factcheck.afp.com\/clip-video-game-it-does-not-show-iranian-missile-strike-iraq\"><em>AFP<\/em><\/a> when it was viral with a Chinese text that reads in English as,\u00a0\u00a0In <em>&#8220;Breaking: Iran acting foolish again, suddenly launched rocket projectiles at the American base in Iraq! But were basically intercepted by antiaircraft fire, spectacular! Astonishing! Awesome, the United States!&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-rich_text_section\">\n<p>In an email conversation,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bohemiainteract\">independent video games developer<\/a><em> Bohemia Interactive, <\/em>which also developed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arma3official\">ARMA3<\/a>, confirmed to<em> AFP<\/em> that the footage is from their game customised by players.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are sure that the YouTube video is from ARMA 3, made by one of our players. It should be noted that our ARMA games can be modified (adapted, NDLR) by their users and that people can create their own scenarios with the game editor. As such, what you are seeing in this video is not the ARMA 3 experience pattern, it seems to be a modified version of the game and a custom scenario made by players,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>reads their statement.<\/p>\n<h2>Video viral since last year with multiple false claims<\/h2>\n<p>The video was viral last year with multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=780408672395538\">false<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MilitaryGUNS\/videos\/1078308682365251\/?__xts__[0]=68.ARBQaaLqs7BrijIv0rtXDcI2zjx3l8oXdo3fyjEP_NviaenehOPirja9P-tSezwKiBM4toFi8ToNSC4r63yR_d1OY07qfYUTUjpWyQuUXFY5FJLvN-eH052eAsrHLoKqrgrbgMPpffGk1STrZ71YDefR6KkOGbe-1I_rcYHMksx7ZRmkC0Nhw-fhSQ5tyI10uUM7YBequLqLYhp5lp_jJs7ib2BaVllIEYukFg8LrqwZbp7T_Z-SgFFN2B_2pMMVtGOtXbEQYNA7EbL2nxgh-KcJIsj8I8gQKqRznSycaGMI2W5TD3V6Eb8zk1xhGPOBf0CIGIxi4Qcta5ly1XSkJOboRlBj0E89ln8&amp;__tn__=-R\">claims<\/a> such as &#8220;Israeli anti-missile system&#8221; and &#8220;Russian anti-missile shooting down Israeli missile in Syria&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56715 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-4.46.19-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-4.46.19-PM.png 404w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-4.46.19-PM-213x300.png 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56729 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-5.22.03-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"673\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-5.22.03-PM.png 591w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-18-at-5.22.03-PM-300x231.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In conclusion, a clip from a military-themed video game ARMA3 has been shared across social media platforms with the claim that it shows US anti-missile system bringing down rockets fired by Iran at US base in Iraq.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This is why the Iranian missiles didn&#8217;t damage the US base in Iraq . It&#8217;s the US anti missile batteries. Incredible to watch,&#8221;\u00a0is a viral claim accompanying a video. This is why the Iranian missiles didn&#8217;t damage the US base in Iraq . It&#8217;s the US anti missile batteries. 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