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prosperity | North Zhejiang and south Jiangsu are famed for their opulence and what else? |
dreaminess | Inserting north Zhejiang names into poetry gave an effect of what? |
Hangzhou | The fame of where led to a popular saying? |
British | Which government's Ministry of Defence is mentioned here? |
Ministry of Defence | What does MoD stand for? |
Her Majesty's Government | Who sets the defence policy in Great Britain? |
British Armed Forces | For which part of the government is the MoD the headquarters? |
international peace and stability | What does the MoD wish to strengthen? |
Great Britain and Northern Ireland | The UK consists of what two areas? |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | What does the MoD defend? |
weapons of mass destruction, international terrorism, and failed and failing states | What are the threats that the MoD has identified? |
day-to-day running of the armed forces, contingency planning and defence procurement | What does the MoD manage? |
the British Army, the Royal Navy, and the Royal Air Force | What three services make up the armed forces of the UK? |
The formation of a united ministry of defence | What did David Lloyd George's coalition government reject in 1921? |
1923 | When was the Chiefs of Staff Committee formed? |
Stanley Baldwin | Who created the position of Minister for Coordination of Defence? |
Minister for Coordination of Defence | What post did Lord Chatfield hold until 1940? |
Winston Churchill | Who created the office of Minister of Defence? |
1946 | When was the Ministry of Defence Act introduced? |
1940 | When did Winstron Churchill form his government? |
a seat in the Cabinet | The new ministry, according to the Act of 1946, was headed by a Minister of Defence who possessed what? |
the Secretary of State for War, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Secretary of State for Air | Who stopped attending Cabinet with the passage of the Ministry of Defence Act of 1946? |
1946 to 1964 | During what years did the five Departments of State do the work of the modern Ministry of Defence? |
the Admiralty, the War Office, the Air Ministry, the Ministry of Aviation, and an earlier form of the Ministry of Defence | What were the five Departments of State that did the work of the modern Ministry of Defence? |
1971 | When did the defence functions of the Ministry of Aviation Supply merge into the Ministry of Defence? |
1964 | All former Departments of State (except the Ministry of Aviation Supply) merged in what year? |
The Ministers and Chiefs of the Defence Staff | Who is supported by civilian, scientific, and professional military advisors? |
Permanent Secretary | What is the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence generally known as? |
MoD | Where does the Permanent Secretary serve as the senior civil servant? |
to ensure the MoD operates effectively as a department of the government | What is the role of the Permanent Secretary? |
General Sir Nicholas Houghton | What is the name of the person who is the current Chief of the Defence Staff? |
Chief of the Defence Staff | Who is the professional head of the British Armed Forces? |
HM Armed Forces | The professional heads of what three services support the Chief of the Defence Staff? |
the Commander | Which person in the Joint Forces Command supports the Chief of the Defence Staff? |
three | How many Deputy Chiefs of the Defence Staff are there? |
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Capability), Deputy CDS (Personnel and Training) and Deputy CDS (Operations) | What are the three Deputy Chiefs of the Defence Staff? |
The Surgeon General | Who represents the Defence Medical Services on the Defence Staff? |
The Surgeon General | Who leads the Defence Medical Services? |
Cadets | One of the Assistant Chiefs of the Defence Staff is for Reserves and what? |
the Defence Services Secretary in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom | The Personnel Chief is also known as what? |
Sovereign | There is a Defence Services Secretary in the Royal Household of the what? |
Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets) and the Defence Services Secretary in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom | Who are two of the Assistant Chiefs of the Defence Staff? |
1998 | In what year was there a Strategic Defence Review? |
Delivering Security in a Changing World White Paper | What paper was published in 2003? |
British Armed Forces | Which part of the Britsh government were the two publications listed concerning? |
defence diplomacy | In what concept is the MoD considered a leader? |
David Cameron | Who was the PM of Britain in 2010? |
Nicolas Sarkozy | Who was the president of France in 2010? |
UAE and Bahrain | In which two countries is the UK installing military bases? |
Oman | In which other country is the UK thinking about installing a military base? |
£178 billion | How much was the investment in new equipment and capabilities worth? |
2015 | In which year was a £178 billion investment made? |
four | How many primary missions were included in the 2015 Review? |
The Strategic Defence and Security Review | What is the name of the yearly statement released by the MoD? |
terrorism | What was the new threat that arose after the end of the Cold War? |
Cold War mentality | Military spending that is based on conventional threats has been dismissed as what? |
10% | How much of the MoD's equipment budget is invested in the "land environment"? |
Afghanistan and Iraq | Where was Britain involved in a land war when some thought that land wars were basically a thing of the past? |
2003 and 2018 | Which years make up the time span mentioned for the military budget numbers? |
General Sir Kevin O’Donoghue | Who was the Chief of Defence Materiel in 2009? |
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) | Which department is overseen by the Chief of Defence Materiel? |
Equipment Programme | Which programme was mentioned as being underfunded? |
Bob Ainsworth MP | Who was the Secretary of State for Defence in 2009? |
London Evening Standard | Which publication said the 2009 defence budget was more than 10% overbudget? |
227,300 hectares | How much land is owned by the MoD? |
£20 billion | How much is the land owned by the MoD worth? |
1.8% | The MoD owns or has rights of access to what percentage of the UK's total land? |
in excess of £3.3 billion | How much is the annual cost to support the defence estate? |
The Ministry of Defence | Who is one of the largest landowners in the UK? |
84.0% | What percentage of the defence estate makes up training areas and ranges? |
storage & supply depots | What makes up the smallest portion of the defence estate? |
(3.4% | What percentage of the defence estate is taken up by airfields? |
Defence Infrastructure Organisation | Who manages the defence estate? |
(2.5% | Barracks and camps are what percentage of the defence estate? |
Whitehall | In what city are the headquarters of the MoD? |
Vincent Harris | Who designed the headquarters of the MoD? |
Charles Wheeler | Who designed the statues that are on either side of the northern entrance to the MoD headquarters? |
Main Building | What is the headquarters of the MoD called? |
Philip Jackson | Who made the Gurkha Monument? |
Henry VIII | Who had a wine cellar at the Palace of Whitehall? |
the basement of Main Building | Where is Henry VIII's wine cellar? |
1514–1516 | When was the cellar in the basement of Main Building built? |
brick | What is the main material used to build the cellar in the basement of Main Building? |
1949 | When was the cellar relocated? |
Gordon Foxley | Who in the MoD was convicted of fraud? |
head of defence procurement | What position was held by Foxley? |
1981 to 1984 | What years was Foxley employed by the MoD? |
at least £3.5m | How much money was Foxley accused of taking? |
influence the allocation of contracts | What do the police believe the bribes were intended to do? |
the Guardian | What publication released a report about the Ministry of Defence in 2002? |
secret germ warfare tests | What was the MoD accused of doing to the public? |
children with birth defects and physical and mental handicaps | What are the children of some families in the area of the testing experiencing? |
between 1940 and 1979 | When was the supposed germ warfare testing taking place? |
between 1961 and 1968 | When were millions of people supposedly exposed to e. coli and an anthrax-like bacteria? |
£240m | How much did the MoD spend on Chinook helicopters? |
1995 | When were the helicopters ordered? |
National Audit Office | Which office reported that the helicopters were being stored, rather than used? |
2010 | In what year were the helicopters brought into service? |
£500m | What is the estimated total cost of the Chinook helicopter project? |
Boeing | Which aircraft manufacturer got a contract with the MoD? |
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