Editing List of military tactics (section)

===Deception===
[[File:Ming mounted archer.JPG|thumb|175px| A [[mounted archer]] of the [[Ming Dynasty Army]] fires a [[parthian shot]]]]
In the 4th century BCE, [[Sun Tzu]] said "the Military is a Tao of deception".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sun Tzu |title=The Art of War |publisher=Shambhala Publications, Inc. |year=2001 |isbn=1-57062-978-1 |pages=5 |translator-last=The Denma Translation Group}}</ref> Diversionary attacks, feints, decoys; there are thousands of tricks that have been successfully used in warfare, and still have a role in the modern day.
* [[Perfidy]]: Combatants tend to have assumptions and ideas of rules and fair practices in combat. Those who raise surrender flags to lure their attackers in the open, or who act as stretcher bearers to deceive their targets, tend to get especially disliked.
* [[False flag]]: An ancient ruse de guerre – in the days of sail, it was permissible for a warship to fly the flag of an enemy power, so long as it properly hoisted its true colors before attacking. Wearing enemy uniforms and using enemy equipment to infiltrate or achieve surprise is also permissible though they can be punished as [[espionage|spies]] if caught behind enemy lines.
* [[Demoralization (warfare)]]: A process in psychological warfare that can encourage them to retreat, surrender, or defect by deterioration of the opposite force's morale rather than defeating them in a regular warfare.
* [[Disinformation]]
* [[Military camouflage]]
* [[Stealth technology]]
* [[Feint]] 
* [[Electronic countermeasures]]
** [[Electronic counter-countermeasure]]s
** [[Radio silence]] – while traveling, a fleet will refrain from communicating by radio to avoid detection by enemy forces                                                                
** [[Holding attack]]