April 5, 2020
What Winnie the Pooh Can Teach Us About Military Deception
Not just a children's book.
by Mike Nelson
Military Deception (MILDEC) is the art of misleading an adversary into believing incorrect information in order to elicit a desired response-. To do this, MILDEC planners need to craft a believable and thoroughly layered deception story that leaves a series of breadcrumbs for the adversary to follow to the intended conclusion. These breadcrumbs, or “conduits to the target†in MILDEC doctrine, are determined by planning backward and answering the following questions – what do we want the enemy to do? This determines “what do we want the enemy to think?†which then determines “what do we want the enemy to see?â€
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/what-winnie-pooh-can-teach-us-about-military-deception-140392
