Defense (military) facts for kids
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
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NATO military ceremony, Pabrade, Lithuania in November 2014
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Finnish and American soldiers train together in arctic conditions in Lapland, Finland, as part of Cold Weather Basic Operation Course, January 6–16, 2015
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Red Ball Express convoy in France
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Dutch civilians celebrating the arrival of the I Canadian Corps in Utrecht as the Canadian Army liberates the Netherlands from Nazi occupation
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Arrow-head. Bronze, 4th century BC. From Olynthus, Chalcidice.
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Naval military forces of France and Britain exchange fire at the Battle of the Chesapeake
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AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile from an F-15 Eagle
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Samurai, member of the Japanese warrior caste
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Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus leading a cavalry charge, 1634
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Map of military expenditures as a percentage of GDP by country, 2017.
See also
In Spanish: Ejército para niños