I don't know why unpredictability must always be considered a strategy all its own and not part of a larger strategy.
I've been reading a lot about John Boyd and the OODA loop, and one of the major takeaways was that if you have a "fingertip feeling" on changing battle conditions, acting unpredictably from time to time can disorient the enemy commander, expand their loop and therefore allow you to act at a faster tempo than he. This idea was not new but something he adapted from Sun Tzu's "cheng" and "chi", his two fundamental moves of war, from which all maneuvers and strategies are built.
I've been reading a lot about John Boyd and the OODA loop, and one of the major takeaways was that if you have a "fingertip feeling" on changing battle conditions, acting unpredictably from time to time can disorient the enemy commander, expand their loop and therefore allow you to act at a faster tempo than he. This idea was not new but something he adapted from Sun Tzu's "cheng" and "chi", his two fundamental moves of war, from which all maneuvers and strategies are built.