Per tradition, more restricted military material has leaked on War Thunder's forums for the holidays

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It's Eurofighter Typhoon documents again.

The Eurofighter aircraft as portrayed in the videogame War Thunder
(Image credit: Gaijin Entertainment)

It has now been 0 days since somebody leaked military intelligence via the War Thunder forums, that hub of military-minded people posting about their most favorite free-to-play military hardware simulator. It's yet another leak for a game now synonymous with leaks of classified and restricted material from the modern military community.

The leak has come after the recent addition of the Eurofighter Typhoon, and after a forum argument over the scanning capabilities of its impressive CAPTOR radar system someone posted a restricted document in an effort to prove their point. This has earned them a ban and removal of the material. Which is what has happened to everyone else who has ever posted this kind of stuff and which this game is, to be clear, very famous for at this point.

It's honestly hysterical because a holiday leak is at this point a tradition. We got one last year too. It's such a common occurrence at this point that I'm not even sure we report on them all—in fact... we published a whole story to that effect last September. That was when some Eurofighter Typhoon documents first leaked.

Anyway, a bit of personal commentary: If you'd like to ever work in the military or defense sector I'd recommend not playing War Thunder—or at least not posting on their forums about it. Prospective employers have got to be looking for it in their background checks as a potential weakness by now.

Jonathan Bolding
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Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.