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Defense pact
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<p> A defense pact (<a href="/facts/English_in_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations/FfHnv1CT">Commonwealth spelling</a>: defence pact) is a type of <a href="/facts/Treaty/KCfhDfDV">treaty</a> or <a href="/facts/Military_alliance/5yp5uf7W">military alliance</a> in which the signatories promise to support each other militarily and to defend each other. Generally, the signatories point out the threats and concretely prepare to respond to it together. </p>