Military Deception: Transparency in the Information Age

摘要

The Information Age has brought about an overwhelming amount of possible intelligence sources. Operational Deception, which grants the operational commander freedom of action, relies on confusing the adversary either through a flood of conflicting information or a supply of incorrect information. There are three main sources of unclassified information that must be accounted for when trying to create this information confusion: commercially available satellite imagery, open source information, and 24/7 media broadcasts. The Operational Commander must make his/her deception effort completely transparent in order to overcome these sources of information and gain the desired reaction from the adversary. Without transparency, and a deception plan rooted in truth, operational deception will be exposed by the adversary and will prove useless.