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Ministry of defence

Government department in charge of defence

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A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments. Such a department usually includes all branches of the military, and is usually controlled by a defence minister or secretary of defense. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in some the minister is only in charge of general budget matters and procurement of equipment, while in others they are also an integral part of the operational military chain of command.

📰 Related News (26)

🇺🇸 Judge Says Pete Hegseth Can’t Impose New Set Of Pentagon Press Restrictions: “The Curtailment Of First Amendment Rights Is Dangerous At Any Time” (2026-04-09)
A federal judge said Thursday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his team have flouted his order striking down a set of Pentagon press access gui...
🇺🇸 Judge orders Pentagon to restore press access (2026-04-10)
The Pentagon is obstructing reporters and defying an earlier court order that required it to restore access to credentialed journalists covering the D...
🇺🇸 Judge Rejects Hegseth’s Second Attempt to Restrict Reporters at Pentagon (2026-04-09)
A federal judge gutted a set of rules that were adopted after the court declared an earlier press policy unconstitutional, in a case brought by The Ne...
🇺🇸 Judge says Pentagon must restore press access (2026-04-09)
A federal judge blocked a restrictive new Defense Dept. press policy instituted after previously he ruled Pentagon press restrictions issued last year...
🇺🇸 Federal judge finds Pentagon is violating court order to restore access to reporters (2026-04-09)
A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Defense Department is violating his earlier order to restore access to the Pentagon for reporters....
🇺🇸 Anthropic wins injunction against Trump administration over Defense Department saga (2026-03-27)
A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration rescind recent restrictions it placed on the AI company....
🇺🇦 Defense Minister Fedorov announces appointments for new deputy, inspector general (2026-03-26)
"We are building a team capable of... delivering results on the front lines," Mykhailo Fedorov said....
🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth Responds To Court Rebuke With New Policy That Pushes Press To Workspace Annex Outside Of Pentagon (2026-03-23)
The Defense Department announced a new policy for press access after a federal judge ruled that its previous set of restrictions were unconstitutional...
🇺🇸 U.S. judge rules against Pentagon restrictions on press coverage (2026-03-21)
The policy required media organizations to pledge not to gather information unless Defense officials formally authorized its release. A U.S. judge sai...
🇺🇸 Delcy Rodriguez replaces Venezuela’s Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino (2026-03-18)
General Vladimir Padrino spent 11 years as the country's defence minister, acting as a key ally of Nicolas Maduro....
🇺🇸 Pentagon tightens controls over Stars and Stripes after calling it "woke" (2026-03-14)
The new rules for the independent military newspaper are the Defense Department's latest effort to put extraordinary restrictions on journalists ...
🇺🇸 Turkey's Defense Ministry says NATO air defenses intercept third ballistic missile over Turkey since start of Iran war (2026-03-13)
Turkey's Defense Ministry says NATO air defenses intercept third ballistic missile over Turkey since start of Iran war...
🇺🇸 Anthropic sues Defense Department over supply chain risk designation (2026-03-09)
Anthropic filed suit against the Department of Defense on Monday after the agency labeled it a supply chain risk. The complaint calls the DOD's action...
🇺🇸 Microsoft: Anthropic Claude remains available to customers except the Defense Department (2026-03-06)
Trump's Department of War feud with Anthropic won't impact other companies that are using Claude via Microsoft products....
🇬🇧 Defence secretary accuses Tory and Reform MPs of ‘unpatriotic’ behaviour (2026-03-05)
<p>John Healey lambasts opposition politicians for seeking to turn Donald Trump and the US against Keir Starmer</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.the...
🇺🇸 Anthropic and the Pentagon are back at the negotiating table, FT reports (2026-03-05)
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly back at the negotiating table with the U.S. Department of Defense after the breakdown of talks on Friday....
🇺🇸 Pentagon identifies 5th service member killed in Kuwait drone attack (2026-03-05)
The Defense Department (DOD) late Wednesday released the name of the fifth U.S. service member killed over the weekend after an Iranian drone struck a...
🇺🇸 Hegseth touts U.S. military tactics in Iran war (2026-03-04)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth touted the U.S. military's tactics against Iran and gave updates on recent strikes. CBS News senior White House corr...
🇺🇸 OpenAI's Sam Altman admits ‘rushed’ deal with Defense Department after backlash (2026-03-03)
Sam Altman says that OpenAI "shouldn't have rushed" its deal with the Defense Department and was making "some additions."...
🇺🇸 Britain says it is for US to set out legal basis for Iran strikes (2026-03-01)
🇺🇸 Scouting America to alter policies to keep military support, Hegseth says (2026-02-28)
Scouting America, formerly the Boy Scouts of America, will change several of its policies at the Pentagon's urging after Defense Secretary Pete Hegset...
🇺🇸 Trump tells government to stop using Anthropic's AI systems (2026-02-27)
President Donald Trump said that he was banning federal agencies from using the services of AI company Anthropic. The declaration comes after months o...
🇺🇸 Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic AI tech 'immediately' (2026-02-27)
🇺🇸 Anthropic 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands, CEO says (2026-02-27)
The maker of the AI chatbot Claude said in a statement that it's not walking away from negotiations, but that new contract language received from the ...
🇺🇸 Jet linked to Epstein landed at RAF base in 2013, documents show (2026-02-22)
MPs urge Ministry of Defence to publish any information it has about the use of air bases by the convicted sex offender...
🇺🇸 Defense Department and Anthropic Square Off in Dispute Over A.I. Safety (2026-02-18)
How artificial intelligence will be used in future battlefields is an issue that has turned increasingly political and may put Anthropic in a bind....