Defense
- National Resources Division, the domestic division of the United States Central Intelligence Agency
- Naval Reserve (disambiguation), various bodies
- Naval Reactors, the governing body of the United States Navy Nuclear Power Program
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Famous quotes containing the word defense:
“Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.”
—Sun Tzu (6th–5th century B.C.)
“Of all my Russian books, The Defense contains and diffuses the greatest “warmth”Mwhich may seem odd seeing how supremely abstract chess is supposed to be.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“The aims of life are the best defense against death.”
—Primo Levi (1919–1987)