defense
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The Defense Department “is committed to rapidly expanding the defense industrial base by leveraging all available commercial solutions and technologies to ensure our warfighters maintain a decisive advantage,” a Pentagon official said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Colonial and early American governments required participation in local militias, which were designed primarily for community defense rather than sustained military campaigns.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
The officials also asked executives to identify barriers to taking on additional defense work, from contracting requirements to hurdles in the bidding process.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
GM has a defense subsidiary that makes a lightweight infantry squad vehicle based on the Chevrolet Colorado pickup.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The best defense against an infantry assault was an entirely new weapon, the machine gun, invented by an American-born engineer named Hiram Maxim.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing defense
Set, Hut! Football Vocabulary
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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