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(the british armed forces form the ‘military’ of ‘the united kingdom’, tasked with ‘defense’ of the ‘country’, its ‘overseas territories’, and the ‘crown dependencies’; as well as ‘promoting the UK’s wider interests’, supporting ‘international peacekeeping efforts’, and ‘providing humanitarian aid’)
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(they are…)
*the ‘royal navy’*
(a ‘blue-water navy’ with a fleet of ’77 commissioned ships’)
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*the ‘royal marines’*
(a ‘highly specialized amphibious light infantry force’)
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*the british army*
(the UK’s principal ‘land warfare branch’)
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*the ‘royal air force’*
(a ‘technologically sophisticated air force’ with a ‘diverse operational fleet’ consisting of both ‘fixed-wing’ + ‘rotary’ aircraft)
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(the ‘commander-in-chief’ of the ‘british armed forces’ is the ‘british monarch’ (‘queen elizabeth II’), to whom members of the forces ‘swear allegiance’)
(however the ‘british parliament’ maintains the ‘armed forces’ during times of ‘peace’ with the passing of ‘quinquennial armed forces acts’)
(“quinquennial” –> “every 5 years”)
(the ‘armed forces’ are managed by the ‘defense council’ of the ‘ministry of defense’, headed by the ”secretary’ of ‘state’ for ‘defense”)
(the UK is an ‘active’ + ‘regular’ participant in ‘NATO’ and other ‘coalition operations’)
(the country is also party to the ‘5 power defense arrangements’)
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(recent operations have included…)
*wars in ‘afghanistan’ + ‘iraq’*
*the ‘2000 intervention in ‘sierra leone’*
*’peacekeeping responsibilities’ in the ‘balkans’ + ‘cyprus’*
*participation in the ‘UN-mandated no-fly zone’ over ‘libya’*
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(‘overseas garrisons’ (+ ‘facilities’) are maintained at…)
‘ascension island’
‘belize’
‘brunei’
‘canada’
‘diego garcia’
the ‘falkland islands’
‘germany’
‘gibraltar’
‘kenya’
‘qatar’
‘cyprus’
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(the ‘united kingdom’ tested its first ‘nuclear weapon’ under ‘operation hurricane’ in ‘1952’, becoming the 3rd nation in the world to achieve the status of a ‘nuclear power’)
(as of ‘2015’, ‘britain’ remains 1 of 5 recognized ‘nuclear powers’, with a total of ‘225 nuclear warheads’)
(of those, no more than ‘160’ are ‘deployed’ + ‘active’)
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(its ‘nuclear deterrence system’ is based on ‘trident missiles’ on board ‘ballistic missile submarines’)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥