# United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ## Definition The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence is the government department responsible for defense policy and the armed forces. ## Corpus Context The Ministry belongs to the real research-to-state interface documented by [[wiki/The Alan Turing Institute|The Alan Turing Institute]]. It should not be collapsed into MI5, MI6, GCHQ or Dstl; these institutions have distinct functions even when they cooperate. ## Sources / Provenance - [UK Ministry of Defence](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence)