“In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many”

The Lede’s Mike Nizza and Patrick Witty write:

“As the above illustration shows, the second missile from the right appears to be the sum of two other missiles in the image. The contours of the billowing smoke match perfectly near the ground, as well in the immediate wake of the missile. Only a small black dot in the reddish area of exhaust seems to differ from the missile to its left, though there are also some slight variations in the color of the smoke and the sky. Does Iran’s state media use Photoshop? The charge has been leveled before…”