Gamers Leak Confidential Data on F-16 and F-15 Fighter Jets Made in the US

WASHINGTON – Online game perfectionists in the precise modeling of their choice weaponry have accidentally exposed military secrets on the internet again.

This time they posted sensitive information about US-made F-16 and F-15 fighter jets on two separate occasions in just one week.

The game in question is “War Thunder”. Players have previously spilled some classified tidbits on the British Challenger-2 battle tank, the French Leclerc tank, and the Chinese DTC10-125 anti-armor shell.

The latest disclosures concern the F-16 Fighting Falcon built by US defense contractor General Dynamics and the F-15E Strike Eagle made by McDonnell Douglas.

“Like other leaks, this one appears on the discussion forums for War Thunder, where realistic online game players often take issue with the accuracy of their fake military hardware,” the PC Gamer report stated.

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In discussions on the F-16 that have dragged on since mid-2022, one player wrote on Jan. 16 about “an interesting thing I discovered during my research.”

Although the comments themselves are not very sensitive, the player known as spacenavy90 attached documents to prove his statements about the AIM-120 radar-guided missile and the jet’s cockpit control panel.

The document has limited distribution authorization, according to forum moderators.

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