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cross-posted from: https://literature.cafe/post/1220527

How many times even has this happened?!?!

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[–] cynetri@midwest.social 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wouldn't be a proper week without a leak on a War Thunder forum

[–] Domiku 4 points 1 year ago

At this point, it’s just a tradition

[–] Skua@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This Steam user has done an admirable job of compiling the eight confirmed and three possible prior leaks

[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] doboprobodyne@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn. I thought #kbin was where the cutting edge of information dissemination was, but #warThunder has a whole #wikipedia page dedicated to how it's absolutely crushing it. Who knew #MMORPGs were the future?!

For those who haven't witnessed anything re. information classification or the functioning of militaries or governments or other great organs of state, I refer you to the screenwriter Jonathan Lynn's words immortalised by the character Sir Humphrey in Yes, Minister:

"The Official Secrets Act is not to protect secrets but to protect officials"

I regret deeply I cannot remember which episode. I also refer you to Yes, Prime Minister s02e02 (dailymotion link) which illustrates something about leaks, and their investigation and prosecution. Not to mention how the #press works in promulgating these things! I really can't recommend it highly enough.

#socialMedia #memes #politics #leaks #military #journalism #war #democracy #totalitarianism #law #secrets #bureaucracy

(boosts are most welcome, as I suspect most folks give little thought to such things beyond snap-judgements of 'right' or 'wrong')

[–] MetaRobert@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

But still no pictures of it, so they use, what, an F15 pic?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Was there anything interesting in this one?

[–] astraeus@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Restricted plane documentation is laughable considering billions, if not trillions, of public tax dollars go into paying for the R&D of these planes. If the public has access to the documentation you can guarantee it’s in a rival nation’s treasure trove already.