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maskirovka

n. (context military especially regarding Soviet warfare English) A set of procedures designed to confuse, mislead, and camouflage oneself from the enemy.

Usage examples of "maskirovka".

With true strategic surprise, if our maskirovka works, yes, we will almost certainly win on the battlefield.

Here was the penultimate act of the maskirovka The honor guard of Red Army soldiers mixed with boys and girls of the Moscow Young Pioneers to watch over the murdered children.

After that, though, the maskirovka failed: the air that came out of the barn did not smell as it should.

She hoped she’d be able to spot the new base, and then hoped she wouldn’t: if the maskirovka was bad, the Lizards would notice it.