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    Defence in depth (also known as deep defence or elastic defence) is a military strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker...
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  • Defence in depth, a military strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker. Defence in depth may refer to: Defence-in-depth...
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    hedgehog defence is a military tactic in which a defending force creates multiple mutually supporting strongpoints ("hedgehogs") in a defence in depth, designed...
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  • A defence in depth uses multi-layered protections, similar to redundant protections, to create a reliable system despite any one layer's unreliability...
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    for the Soviet counterattack. In Pakistan, the idea of strategic depth was perceived in 1980s by the National Defence University, Pakistan, professor...
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  • Defence-in-depth is the term used by American political analyst Edward Luttwak (born 1942) to describe his theory of the defensive strategy employed by...
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    logistics apart as the dominant consideration in strategic defensive as a doctrine. Defence in depth Strategic depth p.64, Dupuy p.64, Dupuy pp.249-288, Thompson...
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    enemy into a confined area where the defender can maximize his forces Defence in depth – A strategy to delay rather than prevent the advance of the attackers...
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    Military (redirect from Defence (military))
    of a military is usually defined as defence of their state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms "armed forces"...
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    firing several thousand rounds per minute. Armies typically have air defence in depth, from integral man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) such as the...
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    German spring offensive (category Conflicts in 1918)
    by 1918[citation needed]. In their turn, the Allies had developed defences in depth, reducing the proportion of troops in their front line and pulling...
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    Military Balance 2025: Defence Spending and Procurement Trends". IISS. Retrieved 14 February 2025. "Interactive: Global defence spending in 2024". IISS. Retrieved...
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    Military organization (category Articles lacking in-text citations from December 2009)
    ministry of defence or department of defense. These in turn manage military branches that themselves command formations and units specialising in combat,...
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    seem favorable for nations with greater resources or asymmetric strategic depth, it carries significant risks. Chief among them is the time required to...
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    highest of three scores: off-site effects, on-site effects, and defense in depth degradation. There are also events of no safety relevance, characterized...
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    History and Significance of Military Packaging" (PDF). Defence Packaging Policy Group. Defence Logistics Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-15...
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    Battle of Verdun (category Battles in 1916)
    casualties. By 6 March, 20+1⁄2 French divisions were in the RFV and a more extensive defence in depth had been organised. Philippe Pétain ordered there to...
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  • criteria is maintained. Defence in depth Defence in depth (non-military) Defence-in-depth (Roman military) "NRC: Glossary - Defense-in-depth". Nrc.gov. 2012-12-26...
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    and defence in depth. The 3GW military seeks to bypass the enemy, and attack his rear forward, such as the tactics used by German Stormtroopers in World...
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    Battle of Kursk (category Conflicts in 1943)
    attack would fall on the neck of the Kursk salient, the Soviets built a defence in depth designed to wear down the German armoured spearhead. The Germans delayed...
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    planning for different arms and services of the armed forces, such as air defence troops integrated into the overall plan for ground operations. A strategic...
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    National Redoubt (Switzerland) (category 20th-century architecture in Switzerland)
    Gotthard - Sargans strategy, prefaced by a defence in depth. Additional impetus was provided by the fall of France in June 1940. Two days after the French surrender...
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    use entrenchments and cover, they did not allow for the effect of defences in depth. They required a deliberate approach to seizing positions from which...
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    attack-proof armour would be too heavy to wear in combat.[citation needed] As firearms improved, armour for ranged defence had to be made thicker and heavier, which...
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    became both lower and larger in area, providing defence in depth, with tiers of defences that an attacker needed to overcome in order to bring cannon to bear...
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    dug-in Iraqi forces in Khuzestan, they had trouble breaking through Iraq's defence in depth lines. Iraq had a logistical advantage in their defence: the...
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    the drone's progress, it landed "in an uninhabited area" near Periprava, according to the Romanian Ministry of Defence. The drone that entered Latvian...
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    the legitimate use of self-defence in situations when an armed attack has not actually occurred is still permitted, as in the Caroline case noted below...
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    Operation Citadel (category Conflicts in 1943)
    intercepts. Aware months in advance that the attack would fall on the neck of the Kursk salient, the Soviets built a defence in depth designed to wear down...
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    separate statutory forces (established under laws such as the National Defence Act), from de facto "non-statutory" forces such as some guerrilla and revolutionary...
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