The role of the Armed Forces: delivering for Britain at home and abroad
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The role of the Armed Forces is set out by the Government and it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Defence to deliver. This is done through seven overarching jobs that we call Military Tasks. Many of them overlap and are done at the same time but to understand our place in the nation’s life it is important to know each separately.
Military tasks
1. The first of these is to provide strategic intelligence. Whether it is a ship or a submarine off an enemy coast listening to their communications, or an aircraft scanning the ground for activity and movement, or a soldier studying terrorist groups; providing that understanding of what is going on in the world is vital if our government is going to react appropriately. Alongside other parts of government we provide the nation’s window on the world.
2. Our second task is the nuclear deterrent. We list that separately because it is our ultimate response and the final guarantee that Britain will never be an easy target. It takes h...
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