physical defense division
1Defense Criminal Investigative Service — Abbreviation DCIS Seal of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service …
2Defense Contract Audit Agency — The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), under the authority, direction, and control of the United States Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), is responsible for performing all contract audits for the United States Department of Defense… …
3DEFENSE FORCES — Ottoman and Mandatory Periods (1878–1948) The development of the self defense force of the yishuv was an influential part of the history of Jewish settlement in Ereẓ Israel. In the last quarter of the 19th century, when the first Jewish… …
4Defense Services Academy — Infobox University name = Defence Services Academy (DSA) native name = image size = caption = latin name = motto = The Triumphant Elite of the Future DSA never surrenderestablished = June 1 1957 in Pyin Oo Lwin closed = type = affiliation =… …
5Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… …
6National missile defense — This article is about systems to shield an entire country. For the ground based US missile defense system, see Ground Based Midcourse Defense. A Payload Launch Vehicle (PLV) carrying a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle is launched from Meck… …
7National Defense Research Committee — A picture of most of the members of the National Defense Research Committee at the first official meeting on July 2, 1940. Seated, left to right: Brigadier General George V. Strong, James B. Conant, Vannevar Bush, Richard C. Tolman, Frank B.… …
8Foreign internal defense — (FID) is used by a number of Western militaries, explicitly by the United States but sharing ideas with countries including France and the United Kingdom, to describe an approach to combating actual or threatened insurgency in a foreign state… …
9Employment Division v. Smith — Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith Supreme Court of the United States Argued November 6, 1989 Dec …
10Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity. Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… …
