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Terms for subject Military (71894 entries)

defence area	For any particular command, the area extending from the forward edge of the battle area to its rear boundary. It is here that the decisive defensive battle is fought. 2. A fortified area or sector in which major or tactical formations are deployed in tactical or operational order and engaged in defensive action. The operational defence area extends to part of the defence sector of the major operational formation, together with army and army group defensive lines, and stretches back from the rear boundary of the tactical defence area to the full depth of the battle deployment. The tactical defence area includes the sector within which the units and tactical formations in the major formation's first echelon mount their defence. See also defence zone.
Defence Automatic Data Processing Training Centre	DADPTC
defence capabilities	Strengths and qualities that military forces must have if they are to be able to carry out their missions effectively.
Defence Capabilities Initiative	An initiative launched by Heads of State and Government at the 1999 Washington Summit to improve Alliance capabilities to undertake the full range of NATO missions from collective defence to peace support operations
Defence Communications System	DCS
Defence Community Mental Health	DCMH
Defence Intelligence Organisation	DIO
Defence Intelligence Staff	DIS
Defence Mapping Agency Aerospace Center	DMAAC
defence readiness condition	A number or code word indicating the readiness posture of a unit for actual operations or exercises. Also called "state of readiness". Note: in English, "readiness" is a generic term covering "readiness state" and "readiness time".
defence readiness condition	A number or a code word indicating the readiness posture of a unit for actual operations or exercises
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory	DSTL
Defence Shipping Agency	DSA
Defence Signals Directorate	DSD
defence sufficiency	A level of military power in a state that deters or counters aggression by a potential adversary, but which excludes the capability of surprise attack or large-scale offensive operations without prior deployment of armed forces or other measures.
Defence White Paper	DWP
defence zone	An area of terrain designated for defence (or to be defended) by a major or tactical formation whose goals are: in a position defence, to defeat the enemy, to repel his attack and to hold key lines and sectors of terrain; in a mobile defence, to defeat advancing enemy forces by holding successive lines disposed in depth. See also defence area.
defend	A combat operation designed to defeat an attacker and prevent him from achieving his objectives. It employs all means and methods available to prevent, resist, or destroy an enemy attack. Forms of defensive operations are area and mobile. Choices of defensive operations are in-depth and forward. The defensive techniques are defend in sector, defend a battle position, and defend a strong point.
defend a site	Air defence artillery mission consisting in permanently preventing an air enemy from attacking a duly identified target.
defend (to) a unit	Air defence artillery mission consisting in providing air defense for a unit of any kind, stationed, on the move or in contact, against any air attack.