That is why, even in a neutral country such as Sweden, there is no question at all about having a national defence system of its own.

The country's economic infrastructure was developed, racial tension was eliminated and an independent national defence system was created.

By the end of 1991 all units of the National Defence System were formed on a voluntary basis.

The Chinese strategy also demonstrated the flaws in the late Qing national defence system of independent regional armies and fleets.

Formally registered on 1 September 1986, its policies included greater investment in care for veterans, a stronger national defence system, and maintenance of high disability pensions.

Any person serving in the National Defence System or having served in the compulsory military service, after passing an established selection process can be accepted to Military Police.

The lack of transparency when it comes to public procurement, fragmented research programmes and inadequate standardisation lead to low quality and poor interoperability, and in turn to ineffective national defence systems.

The Gripen was designed to operate as one component of a networked national defence system; as such, information can be exchanged automatically in real-time between Gripen aircraft and ground facilities.

At the London conference, Russian experts sat side by side with their Western counterparts in discussion panels that dealt with some of the most pressing computer security issues, such as the protection of national defence systems.

The Lithuanian Special Operations Force has been in operation de facto since 2002 and it was established de jure on April 3, 2008, when amendments of the National Defence System organisation and military service law came into force.

I endorsed this document because it is aimed at ensuring that national defence systems are consistent with EU defence systems, as well as coordinating strategies with the most important global actors, such as the United States, Russia, China, Turkey and the Arab countries.