Hard means to ensure national security include

Intelligence security, police work, military attack and defense

Generally speaking, hard means is a common means to safeguard national security since the founding of the People's Republic of China, so it is the most traditional security measure and means. Soft measures are national security measures and means that countries pay more and more attention to in the late Cold War, so most of them are non-traditional security measures and means.

But there are exceptions The most obvious is diplomatic activities. Although it is a soft measure and soft means to safeguard national security, it has always been a common and very important means to safeguard national security in all countries.

For the situation in our country, most of the time we will not take tough measures, but we will not bully the weak and fear the hard.