In February 2024, shots of naval battle showed the footage and the media: the video allegedly captures how Yemeni militants produce ballistic missiles on the courts of the American and British fleets. We checked the reliability of this record.
24-second video with "personnel real Sea battle ”in poor quality spreads in Runet since February 7. According to the TGSTAT service, at the time of writing this analysis in Telegram, more than 470 channels were published in Telegram, in total their posts scored about 3 million views. For example, in the channel of TV presenter Ruslan Ostashko (112,000 views) video accompanies This signature: “The Yemeni Husites over the past day attacked four US warships in the Red Sea. It is reported that the HMS Diamond British Navy was seriously damaged. Although the UK denies the fact of damage, the ship was removed from the Husiti attack zone. Also, blows with ballistic missiles were inflicted on the USS Labone of the US Navy. ” Sometimes specifiedthat six anti -ship ballistic missiles were produced.
Moreover, the total number of attacked ships differs depending on the source. So, from the post of Ostashko, we can conclude that we are talking about four American and at least one British ship. However, on the air of Channel One, where the TV presenter works, before the demonstration of the viral video, the host of the news said: "The Husites attacked four ships, including the American destroyer and the British frigate." In some posts with the roller, the British Fleet Do not mention They altogether that all four wounded ships were American.
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In November 2023, Husita supported by Iran They saidthat all the courts passing near the coast of Yemen will attack, one way or another associated with Israel. Grouping their actions Name The response to the “American-Israeli aggression in the gas sector”-so the militants described Israeli operation, which began after the attack of the Hamas militants in October. The Husitov’s attacks were subjected to military and civilian ships from around the world. In mid -December Pentagon announced On the beginning of the international operation to ensure the safety of navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The American destroyer USS Labone, mentioned in the above publications, does not exist. Apparently, the authors of these messages had in mind USS Laboon And they copied each other's erroneous spelling of the name.
On the morning of February 7, the central command of the US Armed Forces reportedthat the Yemeni militants conducted a number of attacks in the southern part of the Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden. The summary said that on February 6 from about 01:45 to 16:30 Moscow time, six anti -ship ballistic missiles (PBR) were released from the Yemen districts controlled by the Hussites.
Three PBRs tried to hit MV Star Nasia - a balter under the flag of the Marshalls, belonging to Greece and passing through the Gulf of Aden. At about 3:20 in the morning from the Star Nasia board a message was received about the explosion near the vessel, as a result of which it received minor damage, but no one was injured. At 14:00, another rocket fell into the water near the ship without harming. At 16:30, USS Laboon (DDG 58), acting near Star Nasia, intercepted and shot down the third PBR, released by Iran Husita. The ship MV Star Nasia is at sea and continues to follow the destination.
The other three missiles were probably aimed at MV Morning Tide - a cargo ship under the flag of Barbados, belonging to the UK and working in the southern of the Red Sea. Three missiles fell into the water near the ship, without having any impact. Morning Tide continues its way and reports the absence of victims and damage.
As for the mentioned in the posts of the British ship, HMS Diamond existsBut this is not a frigate, but also a destroyer. February 6 Royal Navy And Ministry of Defense Great Britain reported that the frigate HMS Richmond It will take on a mission to protect trade shipping in the Red Sea instead of HMS Diamond, which "Spent More than six weeks in danger, reflecting three attacks of drones from the Khusitov. ” Specifiedthat the destroyer “successfully destroyed nine drones,” and now the ship “will pass the period of maintenance and replenishment of reserves”.
However, on a viral video where you can consider the outlines of at least five ships, despite the poor quality, direct rockets on the hull are noticeable, and the smoking vessels are visible.
On the alleged recording of the sea battle Turned Attention, factor from the Info vérif project of the French radio station RFI. They contacted a military expert, according to which, in the video, the consequences of explosions come too late after the rocket hit. At the same time, impacts do not cause fires, but are represented by a very short light flash with the same sound against the background. In addition, all ships are motionless and located very close to each other, which does not correspond to the tactics used in clashes of this type.
The French factor established that in fact a viral video is not the shooting of real events, but a video from a computer game. Thanks to the search by keywords and the names of several games, they found an original high -quality entry on YouTube. It lasts more than 25 minutes and was Published January 14, 2024 - a few weeks before the attack of the Husites from the summary of the American military command. Video called "Iranian instant reaction! The Khusitov’s winged missile drowned by an American aircraft carrier near Yemen ”gained almost 1 million views, and its description contains a disclaimer:“ Not real personnel, just Arma 3 gameplay. ” Publishing video account USMC (@Archma3usmc) is engaged in the creation of realistic game simulations of military operations. The description of the profile states that “this channel was created using content Bohemia Interactive" - developer of the Arma Games series.
The virus passage issued for real shooting corresponds to a fragment of the source roller from the time mark 10:58 By 11:22.
This is not the first time that shots from the game Arma 3 are given out for filming real military operations. For example, back in February 2022, Internet users distributed a video that allegedly shows a battle between Russian fighters and Ukrainian air defense systems. It turned outthat that video was originally published on the Compared Comparison YouTube channel, whose author creates the simulation using ARMA 3 and Digital Combat Simulator.
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