Military Deception (MILDEC)

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“Information war in full battle array is the use of all the tools of national power to create a competitive advantage at the national strategic level. ” As adversaries continue to learn how to leverage new technology in order to gain an advantage in the Information environment, there has to be adjustments in strategic planning. The Secretary of Defense now characterizes Information Operations (IO) as “the integrated employment, during military operations, of IRCs in concert with other lines of operations to influence, disrupt, corrupt or usurp the decision making of adversaries and potential adversaries while protecting our own. ”
Joint Publication 3.13 defines IRC as tools, techniques, or activities that impact the physical, informational and cognitive dimensions of the information environment. This is done by affecting the …show more content…

Military Deception (MILDEC)
Military Deception (MILDEC) is documented thought out the annals of history as a crucial strategy in fighting wars. Even SunTzu, in his book the Art of War written 2500 years ago, emphasizes “successful war follows the path of deception….in carrying out your military operations, give the appearance of being sucked into the enemy’s plan whilst actually targeting their exposed flank. ”
MILDEC, by affecting the adversary’s decision making process, is a part of Information Operations and one of the IRCs that supports the commander’s objectives. MILDEC can be described “as actions executed to deliberately mislead adversary decision makers, creating conditions that will contribute to the accomplishment of the friendly mission. ” It is designed to cause the adversary to behave in a manner advantageous to the friendly mission, such as misallocation of resources, attacking at a time and place advantageous to friendly forces, or avoid taking action at

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