What is Maskirovka? Russian Military Deception #Military 101

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Published on Jun 8, 2021
A short introduction into Russian Military Deception - called Maskirovka. â€œMaskirovka is most simply defined as a set of processes designed to mislead, confuse, and interfere with accurate data collection regarding all areas of Soviet plans, objectives, and strengths or weaknesses.â€ (Smith, Charles L.: Soviet Maskirovka, in: Airpower Journal â€“ Spring 1988)

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Maier, Morgan: A Little Masquerade: Russiaâ€™s Evolving Employment of Maskirovka
http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll3/id/3507/rec/1

Smith, Charles L.: Soviet Maskirovko, in: Airpower Journal - Spring 1988
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj88/spr88/smith.html

Lindley-French, Julian: NATO: Countering Strategic Maskirovka. Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute. (2015)

Glantz: The Red Mask: The Nature and Legacy of Soviet Military Deception in the Second World War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_military_deception

Keating, Kenneth: The Soviet System of Camouflage
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a112903.pdf

Krueger, Daniel: Maskirovka â€“ Whatâ€™s in it for us?
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a190836.pdf

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