defense ministry
Military affairs office
A defense ministry is the government department responsible for a country's military forces and national security.
Called the Ministry of Defence in Britain and the Department of Defense in the United States, it oversees armed forces, military policy, and defense spending: The defense ministry announced new troop deployments.
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- air forceMilitary aviation branch
- navyMaritime military force
- armed forcesNation's combined military services
- troop deploymentStationing soldiers operationally
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- defensedefending, protecting, protection, security, safety
- governmentgovernment, ministries, legislature, judiciary, executive branch
- government bodiesagency, bureau, legislature, department, judiciary
- German PoliticsBundesrat, CSU, Nazi Party, Greens, federal republic
- Cold War militariesSoviet Army, Warsaw Pact, Soviet military, People's Liberation Army, tank divisions
- Egyptian GovernmentMubarak, Sadat, Nasser, ministries, presidency