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    United Defense Industries (UDI) was an American defense contractor which became part of BAE Systems Land & Armaments after being acquired by BAE Systems...
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    The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with...
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    The United Defense M42, sometimes known as the Marlin for the company that did the actual manufacturing, was an American submachine gun used during World...
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    The United States secretary of defense (SecDef) is the head of the United States Department of Defense, the executive department of the U.S. Armed Forces...
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    The Mutual Defense Treaty between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America (MDT) was signed on August 30, 1951 by their representatives...
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    United States civil defense refers to the use of civil defense in the history of the United States, which is the organized non-military effort to prepare...
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    military budget of the United States is the largest portion of the discretionary federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense (DoD), or more broadly...
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  • 100 defense contractors by sales to the United States Armed Forces and Department of Defense. ('DoD 9700' worksheet). The Department of Defense announces...
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    The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is an intelligence agency and combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense, specializing in defense...
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    ballistic missiles. The United States, Russia, India, France, Israel, Italy, United Kingdom, China and Iran have all developed missile defense systems. The term...
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  • Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Air Force, and United States Space Force are organized under the Department of Defense's military departments...
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    Italy, Russia, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States have all developed such air defense systems. Missile defense can be divided into categories...
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    In the United States, state defense forces (SDFs) are military units that operate under the sole authority of a state government. State defense forces...
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    The Air Defense Artillery Branch is the air defense branch of the United States Army that specializes in the use of anti-aircraft weapons (such as surface-to-air...
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    United States Army air defense relies on a range of ground launched missiles, ranging from hand held to vehicle mounted systems. The Air Defense Artillery...
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    ballistic missile defense system (Aegis BMD or ABMD), also known as Sea-Based Midcourse, is a Missile Defense Agency program under the United States Department...
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    The Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of China (formally known as Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America...
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  • In the United States, self-defense is an affirmative defense that is used to justify the use of force by one person against another person under specific...
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  • United Defense Manufacturing Corporation (UDMC) is a Philippine defense contractor and firearms manufacturer based in Parañaque, Philippines. It provides...
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    National missile defense (NMD) refers to the nationwide antimissile program the United States has had in development since the 1990s. After the renaming...
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    Self-Defense Force, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. They are controlled by the Ministry of Defense with the...
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    The United States under secretary of defense for policy (USDP) is a high level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The under...
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    Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to shoot...
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    Department of Defense of the United States of America. The deputy secretary is the principal civilian deputy to the secretary of defense, and is appointed by...
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    The United States Taiwan Defense Command (USTDC; Chinese: 美軍協防台灣司令部) was a sub-unified command of the United States Armed Forces operating in Taiwan from...
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  • The insanity defense, also known as the mental disorder defense, is an affirmative defense by excuse in a criminal case, arguing that the defendant is...
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  • A United States defense standard, often called a military standard, "MIL-STD", "MIL-SPEC", or (informally) "MilSpecs", is used to help achieve standardization...
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    Bradley Fighting Vehicle (category Armored fighting vehicles of the United States)
    vehicle of the United States developed by FMC Corporation and now manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, formerly United Defense. It is named for...
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    Fort Meade (category United States Army posts)
    is a United States Army installation located in Maryland, that includes the Defense Information School, the Defense Media Activity, the United States...
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    M109 howitzer (category Self-propelled howitzers of the United States)
    documented. The M109 was developed by the Ground System Division of United Defense LP, now BAE Systems Land and Armaments. Primary by Watervliet Arsenal:...
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