THE CONTRIBUTION OF DECEPTION TO PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT THE CAMPAIGN (II)
THE CONTRIBUTION OF DECEPTION TO PLANNING AND CARRYING OUT THE CAMPAIGN (II)

Summary/Abstract: The author writes about deception and the way it is understood and applied in Russia (under the name of maskirovka, accomplished by camouflage, simulation feigns and dissimulation), the USA and the UK (were there are employed different terms such as deception/D and camouflage, concealment and decoy/CCD) and China (where mouloue, the modern term for stratagem, can be achieved by deception, ant the cheng/ch’i manoeuvre scheme is used). Moreover, the author addresses the contribution of deception to applying the principles of operations, concluding that deception can provide increasing freedom of action by reducing the involvement of the enemy. Diverting the enemy reconnaissance efforts in other areas or directions, together with taking proper camouflage measures, can ensure the secrecy of movement and staging areas of own troops.

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