A clip from a video game has circulated in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed Yemen's Huthi rebels attacking a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea. The posts surfaced after the Iran-backed rebels claimed they launched an attack on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, but Washington has denied any of its ships were damaged by the Huthis. A Czech developer told AFP the video was taken from their Arma 3 game.
The accompanying 26-second clip appeared to show missiles being shot at a ship at sea. A block of simplified Chinese text superimposed over the top-left corner of the video repeated the claim. that they had launched a missile attack on the USS Eisenhower in the Red Sea on May 31, 2024. Washington has not confirmed the aircraft carrier was targeted.