Header image: courtesy of Alex Beltyukov, CC-BY-3.0 License. It seems that the question which remains is not if but when will it happen again?. Some of the well-known cases are the leak of Challenger 2 turret’s traverse rate in 2021, along with the leak of the Chinese DTC10-125 tungsten penetrator round in June 2022. The extent of classified data being shared is startling to say the least. Updated: T20:39:35 War Thunder Gaijin Entertainment Another War Thunder player has apparently leaked top-secret specs for a French tank, and devs have had to remind the game’s. In recent years various users have shared classified and restricted data on combat vehicles, munitions, and other planes. While the sensitive information may have been dated the forum’s moderators quickly hid the post citing a breach of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The same week also saw documents regarding the F-16A and the Aim-120 AMRAAM innocently shared by user “SpaceNavy90”. Both posts were subsequently deleted by the War Thunder forum moderation team, yet they can be found through internet archive tools. The user shared information regarding the MiG-29’s radar properties, claiming the source as a declassified MiG-29 manual. The second leak regarding the MiG-29 and its armament capabilities was published by user ZVO_12_INCH. Besides that, additional information was shared regarding the Su-57 airframe. According to various comments, the Su-57 “stealth” capabilities that rely on the plane’s radar cross-section are inferior to those of the US aircraft. A document regarding the radar cross-section of the Sukhoi Su-57 multirole jet, the Russian response to the US 5th generation F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, was published. The leak occurred between 19-22 January, on the official War Thunder forum. As always in such a situation, the urge to win an online argument wins over common sense and results in the release of classified documents – simply to prove a point. “The development team does not even look at the content of the documents, the moderators just check whether the information on the vehicle or military weaponry in question is still classified or not,” he said.The “sekrit dokuments” meme which has grown from multiple leaks of classified and confidential documents on the forums of the well-known War Thunder multiplayer game has once again lived up to its name. In response to portal aerotime, Konstantin Govorun, head of public relations at Gaijin, said that sharing these materials is prohibited on its platforms, and that the company has a policy of not using the documents. The Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter, the French AMX Lecrerc tank and the Chinese Type 99 were also “victims” of leaks. Since then, this has happened repeatedly. The first time happened in 2021, when a player published confidential data from the British Challenger II war tank. This is the last of several other episodes in which the War Thunder forum served as a “platform” for leaking documents. Then another user named MiG_23M attached more images, showing that the documents released by the colleague were, in fact, restricted. The attached document was quickly deleted by moderators.

During early AMRAAM trials, you can see how the F-16A would equip the AIM-120 and use TWS on the non-MFD stations' 'SCP' control panel', said the user. “Something interesting I discovered during my research. Learn more: Meet 5 aviation games for different platforms User post had confidential document deleted by forum moderators.

In presenting a discovery he had made about the use of AIM-120 AMRAAM missile on early versions of the F-16, he attached a document whose distribution was limited to the Pentagon and export was prohibited. However, the post from user spacenavy90 early Monday morning went a step further. A Chinese MBT crew member may have just leaked (a lot of) classified shell information on the Warthunder forum. It should be noted that the F-16, deployed in the game in its most recent update apex predators, was already quite expected by players, so the subject is “hot” among forum users. The problem is that some of these schematics are classified documents. That's what happened yesterday (16), in a thread where the forum members talked about the F-16, its performance and capabilities. Oklahoma Air Guard F-16CM Fighting Falcon. However, some of these materials are still classified as secret, restricted or classified, which could cause problems for the Russian company Gaijin, the game's producer. It is common for forum users and other groups related to the game to use documents to validate their arguments. This time the “victim” was the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter, an aircraft that recently arrived in the game. Again, a discussion on the War Thunder online combat game forum led to the leak of classified documents.

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