Military deception

(MILDEC) is actions

executed to deliberately

mislead adversary

military, paramilitary, or

violent extremist

organization decision

makers, thereby causing

the adversary to take

specific actions (or

inactions) that will

contribute to the

accomplishment of the

friendly mission.

Today’s mighty oak is just

yesterday’s nut that held its ground

“I make the enemy see my strengths as weaknesses and my weaknesses as

strengths while I cause his strengths to become weaknesses and discover where

he is not strong…I conceal my tracks so that none can discern them; I keep

silence so that none can hear me.”

Sun Tzu

The Art of War, c. 500 BC