Collective organization of a country's armed military and paramilitary.
1Saudi state media said defense forces intercepted a missile over the capital.
2It may also use a ferry under contract to Japan's self- defense forces.
3Hagel is well-placed to execute the well-ordered diminution of our defense forces.
4They say they would maintain appropriate defense forces and seek to join NATO.
5Our defense forces reportedly destroyed three leggies who were 'harassing' the engineering crew.
6My defense forces kept them at bay while I dug deeper.
7Combined defense forces are inadequate to investigate and confirm all instances of these reactivations.
8He's aerospace defense forces, but don't hold that against him.
9He was also quite sure that no local defense forces would challenge an Ouster warship.
10But they are the example for Pawlik and other fighters in the territorial defense forces.
11One diplomat said the defense forces had "reverted to war mode".
12Such a move may have been associated with a wider reorganization of Russia's defense forces.
13Here is a brief overview of China's defense forces.
14I hope Varandal's defense forces can catch those fools.
15Because of American "protection," our self- defense forces had not seen actual combat since 1945.
16Bridges collapsed, homes flooded and authorities moved to deploy defense forces in flood-hit areas from Friday.
Translations for defense forces