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Ministry of Defence

United Kingdom government department responsible for implementing the defence policy
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Ministry of Defence

Summary

Ministry of Defence is a department of the United Kingdom Government[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Ministry of Defence is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Ministry of Defence's instance of is recorded as department of the United Kingdom Government[4].
  • Ministry of Defence's instance of is recorded as defence ministry[5].
  • Ministry of Defence's instance of is recorded as government agency[6].
  • Ministry of Defence's headquarters location is recorded as Whitehall[7].
  • Ministry of Defence's child organization or unit is recorded as Defence Science and Technology Laboratory[8].
  • Ministry of Defence's child organization or unit is recorded as Defence Academy of the United Kingdom[9].
  • Ministry of Defence's child organization or unit is recorded as Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons[10].
  • Ministry of Defence's child organization or unit is recorded as Defence Equipment and Support[11].
  • Ministry of Defence's child organization or unit is recorded as Military Strategic Headquarters[12].
  • Ministry of Defence's child organization or unit is recorded as Defence Infrastructure Organisation[13].
  • Ministry of Defence's child organization or unit is recorded as Cyber & Specialist Operations Command[14].
  • Ministry of Defence's Commons category is recorded as Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)[15].
  • 1964 marks the founding of Ministry of Defence[16].
  • Ministry of Defence's official website is recorded as https://gov.uk/mod[17].
  • Ministry of Defence's official website is recorded as https://www.mod.uk[18].
  • Ministry of Defence's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)[19].
  • Ministry of Defence's described at URL is recorded as https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/organ/morgan.htm[20].
  • Ministry of Defence's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[21].
  • Ministry of Defence's replaces is recorded as Air Ministry[22].
  • Ministry of Defence's replaces is recorded as British Admiralty Office[23].
  • Ministry of Defence's replaces is recorded as British War Office[24].
  • Ministry of Defence's replaces is recorded as Naval Intelligence Division[25].
  • Ministry of Defence's replaces is recorded as Ministry of Defence[26].
  • Ministry of Defence's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ministry of Defence'}[27].

Body

Founding

1964 marks the founding of Ministry of Defence[16].

Operations

Ministry of Defence's headquarters location is recorded as Whitehall[7]. Subsidiaries include Defence Science and Technology Laboratory[8], a government agency[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 2001[30], headquartered in Porton Down[31]; Defence Academy of the United Kingdom[9], a staff college[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 2002[34]; Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons[10], a non-departmental public body[35], in United Kingdom[36]; Defence Equipment and Support[11], a government agency[37], in United Kingdom[38], founded in 2007[39], headquartered in Bristol[40]; Military Strategic Headquarters[12]; and Defence Infrastructure Organisation[13], a government agency[41], in United Kingdom[42], founded in 2011[43].

Why It Matters

Ministry of Defence has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Related Entities

Govdirectory UK Defence Innovation United Kingdom William, Prince of Wales

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Open Funder Registry. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . iatiregistry.org. Retrieved . iatiregistry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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