the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
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Defense |
Defense Department |
Department of Defense |
DoD |
United States Department of Defense |
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hypernym
part meronym
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA
Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK
United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy
United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, USAF
Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA
Defense Logistics Agency
Defense Technical Information Center, DTIC
National Reconnaissance Office, NRO
National Security Agency, NSA
United States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, Army, USA
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO
Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA
Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC