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Noun: defense policy
Usage: US (elsewhere: defence policy)
  1. A program for defending a country against its enemies
    "The nation increased its defense policy budget in response to growing threats";
    - defense program [US], defence program [Brit, Cdn], defence policy [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: defense policies

Type of: program [N. Amer], programme [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Defense policy