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Quotes About Defense

Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.
~ Erwin Rommel
I'm always in the 'butcher' role. But the only way to stop Messi one-on-one is to foul him. Otherwise, if I'm alone, I'll only get the ball one in 20 times. I have to use other weapons, I know the best way to stop him. I know he does not like playing with his back to goal, you must be right on top of him when he gets the ball.
~ Filipe Luis
I don't know what would happen if the media starts picking up a theme that Google is secretly building AI weapons or AI technologies to enable weapons for the defense industry.
~ Fei-Fei Li
It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country.
~ Kim Young-sam
We are not a gigantic state, we do not have nuclear weapons, but our army is sufficiently capable to respond to any threat... Therefore, we will protect our patch of land, our statehood, and our independence.
~ Alexander Lukashenko
Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
~ Abdullah II of Jordan
This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack.
~ Joseph Rotblat
We would not accept any country telling us who to buy weapons from and who not to buy from.
~ Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
The sole purpose of nuclear weapons must be to deter their use by others.
~ Dianne Feinstein
We have an active program. We have nuclear weapons, we are a nuclear power. We have an advanced missiles program.
~ Ayub Khan
We will not negotiate with anyone about our weapons and defenses, and we will make and store as many weapons, facilities, and missiles as we need.
~ Hassan Rouhani
U.S. nuclear weapons that are available for presidential use are targeted against broad ocean areas.
~ C. Robert Kehler
The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer - which is not necessarily the same thing.
~ Herman Kahn
From when I was a young boy, I read books on weapons and tanks and combat. I was so interested in the army.
~ MS Dhoni
The problem with cyber weapons for a country like ours is the ability to control them.
~ Michael Hayden
Some amount of fear of nuclear weapons is necessary for nuclear deterrence to work.
~ Michael Shellenberger
In the face of terrorism, a united front is one of the strongest weapons.
~ Virginia Foxx
I'm not concerned about weapons of mass destruction.
~ Douglas Feith
Systems are complex, so controlling an attack and achieving a desired level of damage may be harder than using physical weapons.
~ Dorothy Denning
We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence.
~ John Spratt
The Iraqi military are able to deploy these weapons within 45 minutes of a decision to do so.
~ John Scarlett
From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of those towers, right and left.
~ Vitruvius
We must continue to ensure law enforcement has the necessary tools to combat terrorism here at home. We must also work with our allies and provide our military with the weapons and protective gear they need to defeat terrorism abroad.
~ Timothy Murphy
We need to stop spending money on those weapons systems that do not advance national security.
~ Lawrence Korb