NATIONAL SECURITY QUIZ

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Across
  1. 3. Practices and operations used by governments to prevent and dismantle terrorist networks
  2. 5. Institutions and agencies like the police responsible for keeping public order and enforcing laws
  3. 6. Financial growth and stability that provides the material foundation for national defense
  4. 8. Explosive devices using nuclear reactions that serve as the ultimate tool of deterrence
  5. 12. Policy decisions and issues concerning only the internal functioning of a nation
  6. 15. National effort focused primarily on domestic defense internal coordination and fighting terrorism
  7. 18. The official military organizations of a state authorized to use force for national defense
  8. 19. The physical distance between a states borders and its core political or population centers
  9. 20. The deliberate creation and spreading of false information to deceive and destabilize
  10. 22. Core priorities like survival and sovereignty that a state will use force to protect
  11. 24. The protection of citizens from daily hazards crime and civic unrest
  12. 26. Strategy aimed at discouraging an enemy attack by threatening a painful retaliation
  13. 27. Continuous diplomatic and defensive efforts to maintain stability and prevent war
  14. 28. Changes in population characteristics like aging or migration that affect national power
  15. 29. Nuclear chemical or biological weapons capable of causing widespread devastation
Down
  1. 1. Criminal networks operating across borders involved in illegal trafficking and smuggling
  2. 2. The ability of a state to deploy military or economic assets far beyond its borders
  3. 4. Groups or organizations not affiliated with any government that hold political or military influence
  4. 7. Official document outlining a countries core security concerns and plans to protect the state
  5. 9. Large scale disasters or accidents that threaten public safety and need immediate civil response
  6. 10. The overarching requirement to maintain the survival and sovereignty of the state
  7. 11. The fundamental legal and political system established by a nations constitution
  8. 13. A weakness or gap in a security system that can be exploited by an enemy
  9. 14. Complex long term issues like cyber threats that require strategic planning and adaptation
  10. 16. A formal pledge or guarantee by a state to defend an ally during an attack
  11. 17. International law principle prohibiting nations from violating or changing another states borders
  12. 18. A state or group that initiates an unprovoked attack or invasion against another
  13. 21. Strategy blending conventional military force with cyberattacks economic warfare and disinformation
  14. 23. The legal right of a state to use force to protect itself from an armed attack
  15. 25. A military strike launched to neutralize an imminent enemy attack before it happens