A War Thunder clip shared on social media as footage of the war in Iran racked up over 7 million views, and was even shared by the governor of Texas

The current conflict between the US/Israel and Iran has seen an abundance of footage circulating online: some shared directly from official sources, some legitimate, and some of more questionable origin. A viral example of the latter is a clip that claims to show an American ship shooting down an Iranian fighter jet, which has now been debunked as footage from the military simulation game War Thunder.

The clip has been shared by various accounts on platforms such as X, with this example garnering over seven million views.