National Defense Policy – PND (2005/2012/2018/2020) - 3945
Approved by Decree 5,484, the PND is mainly focused on external threats, being the highest-level conditioning document in defense planning. It aims to establish objectives and guidelines for the preparation and use of national training in this field. In 2012, when updated for the first time, it was officially renamed the National Defense Policy (PND). The last update was in 2020.