disturbance tactics; disruption tactics
Military or strategic term for tactics aimed at confusing, distracting, or disrupting the opponent's operations.
The enemy used disturbance tactics to disrupt our communications.
Standard kanji spelling using 撹 (common simplified form).
Variant spelling using 攪 (traditional form). Both are used, but 撹 is more common in modern Japanese.
Compound of 撹乱 (かくらん, 'disturbance, disruption') and 戦術 (せんじゅつ, 'tactics').