United Kingdom: Defence

Compiled by Dr. A. David Mangelsdorff. Copyright 1998-99, A. David Mangelsdorff. All Rights Reserved.
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Background

  • CIA World Factbook: United Kingdom
  • State Department Background Notes
  • United Kingdom Embassy to U.S. United Kingdom Information
  • Health United Kingdom
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office United Kingdom
  • Conference of Defence Associations Institute.
  • Yahoo UK
  • Department of Health
  • Medical Devices Agency
  • Medical Research Council
  • Medicines Control Agency
  • NHS Performance Guide 1996/97 - shows how Trusts, Health Authorities and Ambulance Services have been performing.
  • Royal Commission on Long Term Care for the Elderly
  • Weasel Words - offers obscure material about the UK Health and Social Security systems.

    Defence

  • Ministry of Defence United Kingdom
  • British Army
  • British Army Deployments
  • Strategic Defence Review: Defence Medical Services
  • Royal Air Force
  • Royal Navy
  • Strategic Defence ReviewStrategic Defence Review: Defence Medical Services
  • Veterans
  • Coastguard Agency
  • Military Presence in Northern Ireland
  • Recruiting
  • Royal British Legion in Germany - support for British serving and ex service personnel in Germany.
  • Royal Marines Reserve - a force of commando trained volunteers who use their spare time to train to combat readiness, in order to support the regular Royal Marines, should the need arise.
  • Secret Kingdom - unoffical home page of British Intelligence and Special Forces groups (includes the SAS, SBS, GCHQ, MI5 and MI6).
  • Special Air Service (SAS)
  • UK Military Survey - Geographic Branch (Washington) - UK Military Survey's Geographic Branch in Washington DC, liaising with US DoD agencies involved in geographic information, especially the Defence Mapping Agency.

    Peacekeeping Missions

  • British Army in the Former Yugoslavia
  • OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • MultiNational Force and Observers
  • SFOR Informer- Newsletter from the NATO-led mission in Bosnia-Hercegovina
  • CCUNDOF (Golan Heights)
  • The League of Peaceful Schools

    Peacekeeping Operations

  • The United Nations
  • IFOR - Op Joint Endeavour - Bosnia