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.

Joint Forces Command (United Kingdom) → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Armed Forces
Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command → operatesWithin → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom defence structure
Bofors (as an arms manufacturer) → suppliedTo → British Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Bofors
Royal Fleet Auxiliary → isPartOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Defence
Jackal armoured vehicle → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Jordanian Armed Forces → cooperation → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
UK Ministry of Defence estate → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Head Office (UK Ministry of Defence) → associatedWith → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK armed forces leadership
United Kingdom Ministry of Defence → oversees → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, North America → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Middle East Command → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
USS Wasp → enemy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British forces
MC → usedIn → British Armed Forces ⓘ
RAF Brize Norton → serves → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Air Marshal Sir Christopher Hartley → militaryBranch → British Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Christopher Hartley
Operation Herrick → operator → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Fallujah → combatant → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom armed forces
Iraqi Interim Government forces → alliedWith → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
British intelligence → coordinatesWith → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK armed forces
Bahrain Defence Force → hasTrainingPartner → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
Battle of Gwalior → combatant → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British forces
Battle of Surabaya → opponent → British Armed Forces ⓘ
RAF Coastal Command → parentOrganization → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Bari → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British military
Saudi Armed Forces → cooperatesWith → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
Persian Gulf states → hasSecurityPresenceOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom military
King → commanderInChiefOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: King of the United Kingdom
German occupation of Dunkirk → opposedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
U.S. Seventh Army → coalitionPartner → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British forces
2001 fall of Kabul → supportedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
ATS → serviceBranchOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: Auxiliary Territorial Service
Malayan National Liberation Army → opposedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
STANAG magazine → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
SUSAT sight → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy → associatedWith → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy → usedIn → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom defence structure
British Army Air Corps (for some rotary-wing support in Iraq) → allegiance → British Armed Forces ⓘ
subject surface form: British Army Air Corps
this entity surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
British Chiefs of Staff Committee → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: British defence establishment
Allied Combined Operations Headquarters → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Marshal of the Royal Air Force → associatedWith → British Armed Forces ⓘ
King's Regulations → appliesIn → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom armed forces context
Strategic Command → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
UK Space Command → partOf → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Defence Nuclear Organisation → associatedWith → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas → airspaceControl → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK military
Armed Forces Act → appliesTo → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Defence of the Realm → appliesTo → British Armed Forces ⓘ
Defence of the Realm → category → British Armed Forces ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Kingdom military
Flags of the United Kingdom → usedBy → British Armed Forces ⓘ