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Noun: defense system
Usage: US (elsewhere: defense system)
  1. The weaponry available for the defense of a region
    "The country invested heavily in its defense system to protect its borders";
    - defence system [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: defense systems

Type of: arms, implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system