British Armed Forces

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armed forces military organization

The British Armed Forces are the combined military forces of the United Kingdom, encompassing its army, navy, and air force responsible for national defense and overseas operations.

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All labels observed (26)

Label Occurrences
British Armed Forces canonical 242
United Kingdom Armed Forces 40
British forces 25

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
alsoKnownAs British Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Her Majesty's Armed Forces

British Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: His Majesty's Armed Forces

British Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: UK Armed Forces
budgetCurrency Pound sterling ⓘ
ceremonialHead British monarch ⓘ
component British Army ⓘ
Defence Nuclear Organisation ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Marines ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
Strategic Command ⓘ
UK Space Command ⓘ
Joint Forces Command (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: UK Strategic Command
conflictParticipation Falklands War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
2011 Libyan Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Libya intervention (2011)

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
cooperatesWith Australian Defence Force ⓘ
Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces

Armed Forces of New Zealand ⓘ
surface form: New Zealand Defence Force

United States Armed Forces ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
garrison British Overseas Territories ⓘ
Brunei Darussalam ⓘ
surface form: Brunei

Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas ⓘ
Gibraltar ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
hasCapability air power projection ⓘ
amphibious operations ⓘ
conventional warfare ⓘ
expeditionary warfare ⓘ
nuclear weapons ⓘ
special operations ⓘ
headOfStateAsCommanderInChief British monarch ⓘ
historicalPredecessor English Army ⓘ
Royal Air Force predecessors ⓘ
Royal Scots Navy ⓘ
legalBasis Armed Forces Act ⓘ
memberOf NATO ⓘ
ministry United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: UK Ministry of Defence
motto Defence of the Realm ⓘ
oversightBody British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: UK Parliament
politicalHead Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
recruitmentArea Commonwealth citizens (with restrictions) ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Ireland (certain units historically)

United Kingdom ⓘ
responsibleFor defence of the United Kingdom ⓘ
homeland security tasks ⓘ
nuclear deterrent ⓘ
overseas military operations ⓘ
protection of UK overseas territories ⓘ
support of UK foreign policy ⓘ
serviceBranch air forces ⓘ
land forces ⓘ
naval forces ⓘ
specialForcesUnit Special Air Service ⓘ
Special Boat Service ⓘ
Special Reconnaissance Regiment ⓘ
usesEquipment Challenger 2 main battle tank ⓘ
Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 2 ⓘ
surface form: Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft

F-35B Lightning II ⓘ
surface form: F-35B Lightning II aircraft

Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers ⓘ
Trident nuclear missile system ⓘ
Type 45 destroyers ⓘ

Referenced by (424)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Air Force → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Royal Air Force → serviceBranchOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
British Army → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
British monarch → commanderInChiefOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Royal Naval College, Osborne → affiliation → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Royal Navy → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Royal Navy → serviceBranchOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service → branchOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
RAF roundel → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom armed forces
The Troubles → opposingForce → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British security forces
Second Battle of Fallujah → hasParticipant → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British forces
Military Cross → awardingBody → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Indonesian National Revolution → opponent → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British military forces
SA80 assault rifle → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
SA80 assault rifle → standardIssueWeaponOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
coronation of Queen Elizabeth II → securityProvidedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British armed forces
National Revolutionary Army → alliedWith → British Armed Forces ⓘ
United Nations Command → hasMember → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of the United Kingdom
British Armed Forces → alsoKnownAs → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Armed Forces
British Armed Forces → alsoKnownAs → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Her Majesty's Armed Forces
British Armed Forces → alsoKnownAs → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: His Majesty's Armed Forces
Trooping the Colour → securityProvidedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British armed forces
Special Reconnaissance Regiment → allegiance → British Armed Forces ⓘ
funeral of Queen Elizabeth II → securitySupportedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Secretary of State for Defence → oversees → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Royal Engineers → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
HeinrichHimmler → detainedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Heinrich Himmler
this entity surface form: British forces
Gatow Airfield → capturedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British forces
Gatow Airfield → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Brimstone missile → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
HMNB Clyde → branchOfService → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
Royal Auxiliary Air Force → associatedWith → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Army Reserve → parentOrganization → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of the United Kingdom
Parachute Regiment → service → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Czechoslovak military mission in London → cooperatedWith → British Armed Forces ⓘ
RAF Regiment → branchOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
RAF Police → parentOrganization → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
FGR4 → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom armed forces
Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft programme → user → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
Distinguished Service Order → awardingBody → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
Gold → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British forces
Ledo Road → constructedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British forces
Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) → opponent → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British forces
Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Command → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
No. 47 (Royal Marine) Commando → service → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Fleet Air Arm → allegiance → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Sholto Douglas → employer → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Royal Marines → serviceBranchOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
UK Cadet Forces → supportedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Joint Forces Command (United Kingdom) → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ