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'''Defense''' or '''defence''' is protecting something from [[attack]]. Defenders have advantages over attackers. They can use [[fortification]]s and weapons that are too large to move. The defending side in an air battle can have help from [[anti-aircraft warfare]].

[[Trench warfare]] during [[World War I]] was an example of the advantages of defenders. Attackers were rarely able to take territory that the enemy defended with the new weapons of the time. Later, armies developed newer weapons and methods and that again allowed them to attack and take even fortified places. [[Tank]]<nowiki/>s, for example, were well protected from [[machine gun]]<nowiki/>s, and groups of tanks could move fast enough to avoid being completely destroyed by [[artillery]].

A country's [[government]] may form an [[army]] and [[navy]] and/or an [[air force]] to protect the [[country]] and its [[wikt:people|people]] from attacks. The same forces can also 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.

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