National Defense

National defense may refer to:

  • National security, a nation's use of military, economic and political power to maintain survival
  • National missile defense, a military strategy to shield a country from missiles
  • National Defense Service Medal, a decoration of the U.S. military
  • National Defense Reserve Fleet, a reserve of U.S. merchant ships
  • National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
  • National Defense Medical College in Japan
  • National Defense Medical Center in Taiwan
  • National Defense College of the Philippines
  • National Defense Research Committee in the U.S. in the 1940s
  • National Defense Education Act
  • Government of National Defense in Africa in the 1870s

Famous quotes containing the words national and/or defense:

    “National isolation breeds national neurosis.”
    —Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)

    “For he is the cleanest in the use of his forepaws of any quadruped.
    For the dexterity of his defense is an instance of the love of God
    to him exceedingly.”
    —Christopher Smart (1722–1771)