ARMA-3 Video Simulation Clip Viral as Pakistan Shooting Down Indian Aircraft

This video is not real, but a video game simulation. It has been falsely shared as Pakistan attacking India.

Fact-Check: This clip is a video game simulation and is not real, as claimed. 

(Source: The Quint) 

A video showing several shots being fired in the air and shooting down an aircraft is being shared on social media platforms to claim that it shows the Pakistani Air Force shooting down an Indian aircraft.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?: No, the claim is false. This video is not real but, a video game simulation of ARMA-3.

What we found: At first, we divided the video into multiple screenshots and ran a Google reverse image search on some of the frames.

• We came across a clip on YouTube from 25 December 2024. It was uploaded by a channel named, 'BattleDragons'.

Here is a comparison between the two frames.

(Source: Altered by The Quint) 

• The video's description noted, "Su-57 Near City Center - Military Simulation ArmA 3" (sic).

• It also noted that the video was a virtual game simulation video.

• We also came across a post by Press Information Bureau (PIB) about the viral video which noted that several combat gaming videos were misleadingly shared as authentic footage of the recent India-Pakistan conflict.

The Quint has fact-checked several such gaming simulation videos which have been falsely shared as real, linked to the recent India-Pakistan conflict. Read some of them here, here and here.

Conclusion: This video showing an aircraft being shot down has gone viral to falsely claim that it shows Pakistan shooting down an Indian aircraft.

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