What are the means of national defense?

1, means of national defense refers to the methods and measures taken to achieve national defense purposes.

2, national defense means include:

(1), military. The main means of national defense is military means. The most fundamental and effective way to deal with armed invasion and armed riots is to take military measures. This is because: (1) military means is the most deterrent means; (2) Military means is the only effective means to deal with armed aggression; (3) Military means is the last means to solve contradictions and conflicts between countries.

(2) politics. Political means, as one of the national defense means, refers to "military-related" political activities, not the full meaning of politics itself.

(3) economy. Economy is the foundation of national defense. The socio-economic system determines the nature of national defense activities, and the socio-economic situation determines the level of national defense construction. Under modern conditions, economic means should be widely used in national defense construction and national defense struggle. These means mainly include national defense economic activities, economic mobilization, economic war and economic sanctions.

(4) diplomacy. National defense diplomacy mainly refers to the diplomatic activities between countries aimed at national defense. Because this kind of diplomacy mainly involves military field, it is also called military diplomacy. It not only has the general characteristics of diplomacy in the usual sense, but also has special laws different from other diplomatic work. This is a diplomatic and military activity. Wide range, many fields and rich activities.

In addition to the above factors, military-related science and technology and education are also important means of national defense.