All types of
| measures and
| arrangements aimed at ensuring at all times under all circumstances and against all type of aggression the
| security and
| integrity of the territory as well as the life of the population 2 All military
| measures aimed at ensuring the sensitive positions and
| networks against war
| actions in the
| case of an external threat aggression or invasion 3. A type of
| action to repel an offensive or attacks usually by superior enemy forces to
| hold or cover designated
| areas lines sectors or
| installations to reduce forces and equipment in some sectors and create superiority in others to defeat attacking enemy forces and to create the
| conditions for friendly forces to counter-attack or
| move onto the offensive Defence may be tactical operational or strategic in
| scale preplanned or mounted in response to enemy
| action A defensive
| layout includes a force grouping in combat deployment and a
| system of defensive lines sectors and positions It will also include an integrated fire plan antitank anti airborne and air defence
| measures and obstacles There are specific characteristics associated with mounting defensive operations in built up mountainous forested or other such
| areas - only individual words found (there may be no translations for some thesaurus entries in the bilingual dictionary)