Soviet officials have said the new doctrine emphasizes defensive operations.

From there, we can carry out a purely defensive operation.

After a few months, however, purely defensive operations gave way to patrols.

The fire then became a defensive operation lasting for several hours.

We should configure all our air and naval forces for defensive operations only.

All of this is claimed to be unsuitable for defensive operations.

For both operations, offensive and defensive, his chief weapon is the Bible.

Day 1, 2 - Students conduct platoon level offensive and defensive operations.

This was no way to run a defensive operation.

Arguably, these were defensive operations to determine the vulnerability of American cities to attack.