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Defense or defence is protecting something from attack.

A country's government may form an army a navy and/or an air force to protect the country and its people from attacks. The army, navy, and air force can also be used to attack other countries. A Country can also use the military to kill or arrest people, or members of groups, from other countries who have hurt or killed their own citizens.

In these groups, people are specially trained to use weapons such as rifles and artillery, that can be used in war to kill other soldiers and destroy their equipment. Together, these groups form a country's military. Governments spend large amounts of money every year to buy and keep weapons and to pay people to defend their countries. These trained military people are called soldiers.

A country's armed forces can also be used for non-defense jobs, in many kinds of emergency.

Images for kids

  • 141113-A-QS211-509 - Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and 2nd Cavalry Regiment participate in the closing ceremony for Iron Sword 2014

    NATO military ceremony, Pabrade, Lithuania in November 2014

  • Рисунок № 2 к статье «Египетские войны». Военная энциклопедия Сытина (Санкт-Петербург, 1911-1915)

    Depiction of ancient Egyptian military formation

  • GCCMAP 2019

    An example of military command; a map of the United States' Unified Combatant Command's area of responsibility.

  • USRAK soldiers attend Finnish army's cold weather training 150110-A-WX507-585

    Finnish and American soldiers train together in arctic conditions in Lapland, Finland, as part of Cold Weather Basic Operation Course, January 6–16, 2015

  • C-1Transport aircraft02

    The Kawasaki C-1 is a tactical military transport of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force

  • Crowd of Dutch civilians celebrating the liberation of Utrecht by the Canadian Army

    Dutch civilians celebrating the arrival of the I Canadian Corps in Utrecht as the Canadian Army liberates the Netherlands from Nazi occupation

  • Arrow-head Olynthus BM GR1912.4-19.4

    Arrow-head. Bronze, 4th century BC. From Olynthus, Chalcidice.

  • Armor for Man and Horse, Italy (probably Milan), c. 1565, and Field armor for horseman, Italy, c. 1575 - Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - DSC08601

    Mounted and foot armoured knights. Armour and cavalry dominated the battlefield, until the invention of firearms.

  • BattleOfVirginiaCapes

    Naval military forces of France and Britain exchange fire at the Battle of the Chesapeake

  • USAF F-15C fires AIM-7 Sparrow

    AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile from an F-15 Eagle

  • Samurai and Ainu Fuzoku Ema

    Samurai, member of the Japanese warrior caste

  • Gustavus Adolphus in action (probably at Lützen)

    Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus leading a cavalry charge, 1634

  • Military Expenditures as percent of GDP 2017

    Map of military expenditures as a percentage of GDP by country, 2017.

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