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  1. The Ministry of Defence is a British
  2. government department created in 1964 from a 
  3. temporary Ministry of Defence established
  4. after World War II together with the 
  5. Admiralty, Air Ministry, and War Office. 
  6. It is headed by the secretary of state for
  7. defense with ministers of state for the armed
  8. forces and defense procurement. 
  9. This centralization was influenced by the
  10. example of the US DEPARTMENT_OF_DEFENCE.
  11.  
  12. Subject by: Shaun Jey
  13.