A type of war which uses psychological
techniques to intimidate, demoralize, mislead and
confuse both the military and the civilians of an
opponent. According to
Wikipedia "Various techniques are used, and are
aimed at influencing a target audience's
value system,
belief system,
emotions,
motives,
reasoning, or
behavior. It is used to induce confessions or
reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to the
originator's objectives, and are sometimes combined
with
black operations or
false flag tactics. It is also used to destroy
the morale of enemies through tactics that aim to
depress troops' psychological states" |