“Photo of heavy airlifting of military hardware towards the LAC (Line of Actual Control)”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Jun 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The photo is neither related to India nor China. The photo shows a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter carrying a sling-loaded shipping container during retrogade operations and base closures in the Wardak province of Afghanistan in 2013
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 June 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 June 2020. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttp://archive.fo/B3aHy
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