• In Defence is a four-part British television legal drama series, created and partially written by Mike Cullen, that first broadcast on ITV on 26 June 2000...
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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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    forces in any location. However, for most countries, the main effort has tended to be homeland defense. Missile defense is an extension of air defence, as...
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  • The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: 1. e4 c5 1...c5 is the most popular response among masters to White's first...
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  • Ambazonia Defence Forces Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force Australian Defence Force Bahrain Defence Force Barbados Defence Force Belize Defence Force Botswana...
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    The Danish Defence (Danish: Forsvaret; Faroese: Danska verjan; Greenlandic: Illersuisut; lit. 'the Defence') is the unified armed forces of the Kingdom...
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    A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible...
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  • The Defence Islands are two small islands in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada, northeast of Anvil Island and in the northern reaches of that sound...
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    NATO (category International organisations based in Belgium)
    independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. This is enshrined in Article 5 of the treaty, which states...
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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,...
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    Minister of Defence (ISO: Rakṣā Maṁtrī) is the head of the Ministry of Defence and a high ranking minister of the Government of India. The Defence minister...
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  • The Australian Defence Force's (ADF) ranks of officers and enlisted personnel in each of its three service branches of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)...
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  • In psychoanalytic theory, defence mechanisms are unconscious psychological processes that protect the self from anxiety-producing thoughts and feelings...
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    against Jews in April 1920, the Yishuv leadership realized the need for a nationwide underground defence organization, and the Haganah was founded in June 1920...
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  • Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. d4 f5 Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the middlegame...
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    armed forces operate under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Defence. Under the country's constitution, the RCAF is charged with protecting...
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  • The Philidor Defence (or Philidor's Defence) is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 The opening is named after the famous 18th-century...
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  • Defence Council or Defense Council may refer to: Croatian Defence Council, the main military formation of the Croats during the Bosnian War charged with...
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    the third-largest defence budget in the world. The Global Firepower Index report lists it as the fourth most-powerful military in the world. The Indian...
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  • Tenix Defence was Australia's largest defence contractor with core capabilities in Aerospace, Land, Marine and Electronic Systems applications. BAE Systems...
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    Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG is a German weapon manufacturer headquartered in Überlingen. It operates as a division of Diehl Stiftung and specializes in the...
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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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  • in Halfaya in December 2012 and Kfar Hod in March 2013, and in Al-Lataminah where it has been reported to be responsible for 200 civilian deaths in artillery...
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    Naval Service, and Reserve Defence Forces. The Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces is the President of Ireland. All Defence Forces officers hold their...
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  • Petrov's Defence or the Petrov Defence (also called Petroff Defence, Petrov's Game, Russian Defence, or Russian Game [Russian: Русская партия]) is a chess...
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  • Point defence weapons have a smaller range in contrast to area-defence systems and are placed near or on the object to be protected. Point defence may include:...
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    British Armed Forces are the unified military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies...
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    The Estonian Defence Forces, EDF (Estonian: Eesti Kaitsevägi), is the unified military force of the Republic of Estonia. The Estonian Defence Forces consists...
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  • In the game of chess, Indian Defence or Indian Game is a broad term for a group of openings characterised by the moves: 1. d4 Nf6 They are all to varying...
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  • Defence Act is a stock short title used in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom for legislation relating to territorial defence. The...
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