Deception in Mass Autonomous Warfare

The Quick Take

“[T]he exigencies of desperate survival do stimulate wise leaders to seek such unorthodox solutions.” —Barton Whaley, StratagemOn the night of Jan. 5, 2025, my first mission in the Pokrovsk command post was to make a fake radio call. We knew Russian forces were listening in. We did not know whether the position our men were due to occupy the next day, the Homar trench at Kotlyne, was still in our