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Defence system   /dɪfˈɛns sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Defence system

noun
1.
The weaponry available for the defense of a region.  Synonym: defense system.



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"Defence system" Quotes from Famous Books



... miles, a crew of seven, four 350 horse-power Rolls-Royce engines, arranged in pairs, a tractor and a pusher in tandem on either side of the machine, and, as they would be compelled to fly both by night and day, a gun defence system. The D.H.10a and the Vickers Vimy, for day and night bombing respectively, were also being produced at the ...
— Aviation in Peace and War • Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes

... side of the entrance to the harbor. Just beyond it is La Cabana. About a half a mile to the east of this was the stone fort on the hill of San Diego. Three miles east of the Morro, on the shore at Cojimar, is a small and somewhat ancient fortification. This group constituted the defence system on the east. At the head of the bay, on an elevation a little to the south of the city, stands El Castillo de Atares, begun in 1763, immediately after the capture and occupation of the city by the British. This is supposed to protect the city on the ...
— Cuba, Old and New • Albert Gardner Robinson



Words linked to "Defence system" :   arms, weaponry, munition, weapons system, implements of war



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