military secrets

Guarded defense information

Military secrets are classified information about a nation's armed forces, defense capabilities, or strategic operations.

The phrase covers troop movements, weapons systems, intelligence sources, and battle plans—anything whose disclosure could compromise national security or endanger lives.

He was convicted of selling military secrets to a foreign government.

The term often appears in espionage contexts: spies steal military secrets, traitors leak them.

Opposites
information accessibility

military secretspublic knowledge

Facts anyone can access

public record · common knowledge · public disclosure · news · general knowledge

domain and purpose

military secretspublic affairs

Concerns of collective interest

academic research · open government · press releases · corporate transparency

Family

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG