The War Thunder forum has once again been used to share restricted plane documentation - this time about the F-117 Nighthawk (www.techradar.com)
from gabe@literature.cafe to technology@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 06:34
https://literature.cafe/post/1220527

How many times even has this happened?!?!

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jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de on 13 Sep 2023 06:51 next collapse

At this point we should start tracking what wasn’t leaked yet.

random_character_a@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 07:27 next collapse

At least get a picture of a F-117. Putting up an image from the game with a random aircraft is just lazy.

Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 10:20 next collapse

I prefer to seeing a picture of a Tomcat over a fugly Nighthawk any day of the week, no complaints here.

RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz on 13 Sep 2023 12:43 collapse

How fucking dare you

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 13:49 collapse

9 year old me is appalled

FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world on 14 Sep 2023 00:16 collapse

As is 9 year old Ford, Nighthawk was the first plane model I ever built

ours@lemmy.film on 13 Sep 2023 12:19 next collapse

Actually that F-14 in the picutre is missing the highly classified [REDACTED] pod which is capable of [REDACTED] up to a distance of [REDACTED] for IR and [REDACTED] for visual targets. /s

Nindelofocho@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 15:21 collapse

you dont see the F-117 because it is stealth aircraft

whitecapstromgard@sh.itjust.works on 13 Sep 2023 07:33 next collapse

These people are really hardcore, aren’t they?

Widowmaker_Best_Girl@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 13:27 collapse

War Thunder players are a different breed of nerd

Dangdoggo@kbin.social on 13 Sep 2023 07:35 next collapse

It's too fucking funny that people are willing to post classified military specs on aircraft just to bitch about a game.

RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz on 13 Sep 2023 10:08 collapse

Devious Russian plan to gather intelligence: bother dumb people with inaccuracies to get them to leak the docs

SCB@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 12:11 collapse

Cunningham’s Law, weaponized lol

meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham's_Law#:~:tex….

Kalkaline@programming.dev on 13 Sep 2023 12:17 collapse

Is that the one where if you’re on a group thread long enough someone will post a picture of a cat?

SCB@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 12:18 next collapse

Essentially it’s

“Best way to get correct information about a topic is to post wrong information on the internet, and someone will post the right information to correct you”

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 13:50 collapse

You’ve been bamboozled

SCB@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 14:16 collapse

He boomed me!

darganon@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 12:47 collapse

Masterfully done.

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/293910f5-e74f-4c06-a2f4-aec831d71711.jpeg">

g6d3np81@kbin.social on 13 Sep 2023 07:40 next collapse

How many times

This many times
War Thunder §Classified documents leaks

Kecessa@sh.itjust.works on 13 Sep 2023 10:19 collapse

To long; didn’t count

12

SymphonicResonance@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 07:57 next collapse

Probably not alot of secrets about that aircraft left . The Russians probably got a good look at the one that was shot down in 1999.

randombullet@feddit.de on 13 Sep 2023 10:39 collapse

There are a few things left. They still use Luneburg lenses for opfor and non-us exercises.

FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world on 14 Sep 2023 00:19 collapse

That pretty little triangle hasn’t flown a mission in about 15 years but yeah, we still use Luneberg reflectors on 35s. That’s not secret science though

mrbubblesort@kbin.social on 13 Sep 2023 10:23 next collapse

War Thunder players be like ...

[deleted] on 13 Sep 2023 10:49 next collapse

.

HidingCat@kbin.social on 13 Sep 2023 10:50 next collapse

Anything to win an Internet argument and to get a buff/nerf going. xD

agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Sep 2023 12:23 next collapse

“No way to prevent this” says only forum where this regularly happens.

Oinks@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 13 Sep 2023 14:16 collapse

To be fair this also happened to Eagle Dynamics, developer of DCS, the other “realistic” flight sim that players take far too seriously. Except there it was a Dev that got arrested in Georgia and extradited to the US…

Restaldt@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 14:59 collapse

Anyone else here only remember that Georgia is a country because of splinter cell?

redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Sep 2023 15:07 next collapse

Never heard of that. Could you explain?

mob@lemmy.world on 13 Sep 2023 18:31 collapse

Georgia is a state in America

Georgia is a country in Europe/Asia

Splinter Cell is a game that uses the country of Georgia as a map/plot.

redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Sep 2023 20:45 collapse

Oh, I’m stupid. Forgot there was a state called georgia. Makes sense now. Thanks for the explanation

SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works on 13 Sep 2023 20:00 next collapse

OG Ghost Recon too! The into video to that game sounds pretty familiar these days

Nerd02@lemmy.basedcount.com on 13 Sep 2023 20:11 next collapse

No, usually I remember that Georgia is a state in the USA because of comments like this

OldPain@lemmy.world on 14 Sep 2023 04:21 collapse

Not just you. Not me, but not just you.

roembol@lemmy.roembol.nl on 13 Sep 2023 14:27 next collapse

<img alt="warthunder" src="https://lemmy.roembol.nl/pictrs/image/f85e73bc-290f-41b4-ae1c-0447432a3476.jpeg">

mojo@lemm.ee on 13 Sep 2023 14:59 next collapse

It’s thought that this is the 12th time that either restricted or classified information has been shared on the War Thunder forum.

12 times?!??

topinambour_rex@lemmy.world on 14 Sep 2023 04:02 collapse

Yep and next time will be the 13th times.

ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one on 14 Sep 2023 01:22 next collapse

Who needs spies when you got nerds fighting in online forums?

PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee on 14 Sep 2023 01:47 collapse

Well, don’t keep us guessing! What did they leak?