page_title: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
section_title: Governance and departmental organisation
hierarchical_section_title: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) / Governance and departmental organisation
caption_attribution_description: A British Armed Forces recruitment centre in Oxford, 2005-10-22. Copyright &#169; 2005 Kaihsu Tai.
context_page_description: The Ministry of Defence 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.
  The MOD states that its principal objectives are to defend the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its interests and to strengthen international peace and stability. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the MOD does not foresee any short-term conventional military threat; rather, it has identified weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism, and failed and failing states as the overriding threats to Britain's interests. The MOD also manages day-to-day running of the armed forces, contingency planning and defence procurement.
caption: A British armed forces careers office in Oxford
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