Cygnian Ministry of Defence (Joan of What?)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is an executive ministry of the charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the. The Ministry of Defence is the largest of Cygnia's government divisions, with nearly 1.3 million employees as of 2016. It is headquartered in the, located on in.

The Ministry of Defence is headed by the, who reports to the , the Ministry's representative in the. Beneath the Ministry are three subordinate military departments: the, the , and the. In addition, the (MID), which coordinates the activities of the four Military Intelligence Bureaus –, , , and  – is subordinate to the Ministry of Defence. Other Defence Agencies include the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Defence Logistics Agency (DLA), the Missile Defence Agency (MDA), the Defence Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), and the Defence Security Service (DSS), all of which are under the command of the Secretary for Defence. Military operations are managed by.