Someone else can dig up the exact quote, but an ancient Chinese General said "War is the art of deception".

There was a pretty funny example of it during the Civil War. A Confederate unit badly depleated, marched in the open. They continued into the woods, where they ran back to do the march again - giving the Union army the impression they were massive. After the Union commander surrendered and saw how much smaller the force he allowed himself to be captured to, he was cussing.

There is a more recent example from the Cold War. In the 1950's, a few dozen Soviet bombers circled Red Square during May Day to give the Americans the impression they numbered into the hundreds.

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