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>Saying something loud and often enough is all you need.

Depressingly true, but keep in mind that words < pictures < video when it comes to provoking an emotional reaction.

>Also, if the US military did spot a deep fake, do they have the trust for people to believe them?

Depends on how their deepfake detection method works, if it's opensource, or at least publicly available and verifiably functional, then who wouldn't believe them? No one thinks their GPS is lying to them.

For a one time 'hit' on a target, knowing fake news spreada faster than true news. By the time its shown to be fake, the damage has been done to the target.

These fakes are just another tool like social media. Social media alone might be effective, but add in these "deep fakes" and it becomes even more.

There's also a lot of potential criminal use for them, like proof-of-life for a person who's actually dead.