The phrase "psychological operation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is military jargon referring to a certain type of strategy used in military tactics. For example, you could say, "The enemy launched a psychological operation to manipulate public opinion."
Of course, officials said, the buildup of American forces in the region is a big psychological operation in itself.
The first and foremost principle is that the indirect strategy is a psychological operation ("psy-op" in military jargon) based upon understanding, predicting, and influencing human nature.
It proclaimed on radio and television that the Israeli warnings were part of a psychological operation, and urged people to ignore them.
This unsettling Al Jazeera doc accompanies Cerf as he speaks to soldiers, detainees and experts, as well as experiencing a "psychological operation" himself.
In one dramatic example, the reports note that a US "psy ops" (psychological operation) unit dropped leaflets on Iraq's 51st Mechanised Division on March 9 and 10.
Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the Kurdish group's claim that it had the soldiers was unsubstantiated, describing it as a "psychological operation".
In the Philippines, for example, JSOC could undertake psychological operations to confuse or trap al-Qaeda operatives, but it needed approval from the White House for lethal action.
They did psychological operations on this kid.
Psychological operations ("psy-ops") have already begun to encourage one.
In various ways, perception management combines truth projection, operations security, cover and deception, and psychological operations.
Both the Israeli and US army already engage heavily in psychological operations.
