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Purportedly AI-Manipulated Satellite Image Reportedly Claimed Iranian Strike Destroyed U.S. Radar in Qatar

February 28, 2026

A purportedly manipulated satellite image, allegedly depicting U.S. radar equipment in Qatar, reportedly circulated online. The image was fabricated from older Google Earth imagery of a U.S. site in Bahrain, not Qatar or Al-Udeid Air Base. The deceptive image, amplified by Tehran Times and other social media posts, reportedly gained millions of views and contributed to the spread of wartime disinformation.

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Alleged deployer
tehran-times, social-media-users-spreading-ai-generated-wartime-disinformation, information-manipulation-actors
Alleged developer
unknown-image-generator-developers, deepfake-technology, generative-ai-developers
Alleged harmed parties
epistemic-integrity, general-public, open-source-intelligence-researchers, fact-checkers, united-states-military, wartime-information-ecosystem, al-udeid-air-base, radar-installations, united-states-navy-fifth-fleet

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1494

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