defence in depth (English, noun)
expansion: defence in depth (countable and uncountable, plural defences in depth)
Senses:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, potentially yielding a limited amount of territory in order to stress the attacker's logistics and reduce their momentum.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: The use of multilayered protection to make a system reliable even if part of the protection fails.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: defences in depth
tags: plural
form: defense in depth
tags: alternative