National defense

National defense refers to the military activities carried out by the country to prevent and resist aggression and protect the country's sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity and security, as well as military-related political and Activities in economy, science and technology, diplomacy, education and other aspects.

National defense emerged with the emergence of the country and serves national interests. Churchill has a famous saying: "We have no eternal friends or eternal enemies, only eternal interests." The national defense in this sentence is directly related to national security, national dignity, and social development.

Modern national defense is also called social national defense, major national defense, and all-people national defense. It includes many aspects such as armed construction, national defense system, military science and technology and industry, national defense engineering, military transportation and communications, manpower mobilization, national defense education, and national defense laws and regulations. It is a large and complex system. Every citizen, from the military to politics, economy, culture, education, technology and ideology, is closely related to it.

Modern national defense takes military strength as its core and also includes related non-military forces; it attaches great importance to the country's war potential, especially its wartime mobilization efficiency; it is also a comprehensive national strength based on economy and science and technology. compete. The modern army is a knowledge- and technology-intensive armed group that emphasizes quality army building over "human sea tactics." The role of national defense in peacetime is to deter, requiring victory without fighting; in wartime, the responsibility of national defense is to conduct actual combat, and the goal is victory.