“The magnitude of a deception operation matches the magnitude of the real operation you’re trying to obscure.” – Dr. Freckles
If you’re trying to confuse the Germans before D-Day, and you have 10,000 tanks waiting to load on to ships? – probably best to have at least that many inflatable tanks some place else.
What you are hiding dictates the nature of the psychological warfare – and it’s scope/size.
- Manhattan Project
- Secret X-Plane Programs
Bottom line: if you have something big/ugly you need to hide? – you’ll need a big ugly PSYOP plan to hide it.