.mod.uk is part of the .uk Domain Name System. .uk is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for the United Kingdom. ... The Domain Name System or DNS is a system that stores information about host names and domain names in a kind of distributed database on networks, such as the Internet. ...

It is for the use of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force and related services. It is operated by the MOD. The naming rules are not published, and registrations are not available to the public. It is, in effect, the UK version of .mil which is reserved for the US Department of Defense. The Ministry of Defence building, Whitehall, Westminster, London The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the UK military. ... The British Army is the land armed forces of the United Kingdom. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force of the United Kingdom. ... .mil is the generic top-level domain for the United States Department of Defense and its subsidiary organizations. ... US,Us or us may stand for the United States of America us, the oblique case form of the English language pronoun we. ... The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...

External link

• The Ministry of Defence (http://www.mod.uk/)