Great Britain. Ministry of Defence (Corporate Name)
- Great Britain. Defence, Ministry of
- Great Britain. Secretary of State for Defence
- MOD (Government department)
Unused subdivisions: Engineering Standards Coordinating Committee
Its Statement relating to defence ... 1947.
Lloyd's Reg. of Shipping. Report of the inquiry into hull forms for warships, 1988: t.p. (Ministry of Defence) spine (MOD)
UK Government website, viewed 9 Apr. 2014: under Organisations (Ministry of Defence; ministerial department; protects the security, independence and interests of the UK at home and abroad; office address: Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB)
Wikipedia, viewed 9 Apr. 2014 (Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom); the MOD is the British government department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by Her Majesty's Government, and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces; from 1946 to 1964 five Departments of State did the work of the modern Ministry of Defence: the Admiralty, the War Office, the Air Ministry, the Ministry of Aviation, and an earlier form of the Ministry of Defence; these departments merged in 1964; the defence functions of the Ministry of Aviation Supply merged into the Ministry of Defence in 1971)