Is That Iranian Missile Photo a Fake? [News]
Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 17:07
in Astronomy & Space
If you haven't heard by now, newspapers and blogs are reporting that a photo of an Iranian missile test yesterday was digitally manipulated. There were allegedly just three missiles in the original photo, but four in the doctored one.The New York Times reports that Agence France-Presse obtained the image from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's news Web site, Sepah News. The Associated Press later released an identical-looking photo, except instead of a fourth missile, there was a military vehicle on the ground with a missile on its back ready to fire. [More]
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