TOTAL BRITISH ARMED FORCES

OVERVIEW (as at 1 April 2007)

STRATEGIC FORCES

4 x Vanguard Class submarines each with 16 x Trident (D5) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM) deploying with 48 x warheads per submarine. If necessary a D5 missile could deploy with 12 x MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles). Future plans appear to be for a stockpile of 200 operationally available warheads and 58 missile bodies. Strategic Forces are provided by the Royal Navy.

38,860 personnel (includes 7,400 Royal Marines)

10 x Tactical Submarines
3 x Aircraft Carriers
1 x Helicopter Carrier
2 x Assault Ships
3 x Landing Ships
26 x Destroyers and Frigates
16 x Mine Warfare Vessels
5 x Survey Ships
24 x Patrol Craft
1 x Antarctic Patrol Ship

Naval Aircraft

2 x Fixed wing (Harrier GR7/GR9) squadrons
8 x Helicopter squadrons with:
38 x Merlin Helicopters
12 x Sea King MK6
23 x Lynx Helicopters
11 x AEW Sea King Helicopters
41 x Sea King Commando Helicopters
6 x Lynx Helicopters
8 x Gazelle Helicopters - Anti Tank role

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

2 x Fast fleet tankers
3 x Small fleet tankers
4 x Support tankers
4 x Replenishment ships
1 x Aviation training ship
1 x Forward repair ship
6 x Ro-Ro Ships (4 under civil management)

Royal Marines

1 x Commando Brigade Headquarters
3 x Royal Marine Commando (Battalion Size)
3 x Commando Assault Helicopter Squadrons
1 x Commando Light Helicopter Squadron
1 x Commando Logistic Regiment
1 x Commando Assault Group (Landing-Craft)
1 x Fleet Protection Group
4 x Special Boat Service Squadrons
Supported by the following army major units:
1 x Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
1 x Commando Regiment Royal Engineers
1 x Infantry Battalion (1 Rifles)

MERCHANT NAVY

Merchant Naval Vessels Registered in the UK, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories:

24 x Cruise ships (over 200 tons)
541 x Passenger and dry cargo merchant vessels
5 x Roll-on roll-off passenger (over 200 berths)
47 x Roll-on roll-off freight (over 500 lane metres)
223 x General cargo (over 1,000 deadweight tons)
60 x Refrigerated cargo (over 1,000 deadweight tons)
102 x Container (over 100 twenty foot containers)
195 x Product and chemical tankers (2,000 to 80,000 dead weight tons)
31 x Large fishing vessels (over 2,000 horse power)

ARMY

106,200 trained and untrained personnel (but excluding 3,360 Gurkhas)

1 x Corps Headquarters in Germany (ARRC)
1 x Armoured Divisional HQ in Germany
1 x Mechanised Divisional HQ in UK
3 x Non-deployable divisional type HQ in UK
3 x Armoured Brigade HQ (to be two by mid 2008) - Germany
1 x Logistics Brigade HQ - Germany
4 x Deployable Combat Brigade HQ - UK
1 x Logistics Brigade HQ - UK
10 x Regional Brigade HQ - UK

Major Units

11 x Armoured Regiments
36 x Infantry Battalions
15 x Artillery Regiments
14 x Engineer Regiments
12 x Signal Regiments
4 x Army Air Corps Regiments
7 x Equipment Support Battalions
18 x Logistic Regiments
5 x Medical Regiments
3 x Field Hospitals

TERRITORIAL ARMY

32,150 (1 April 2006)

14 x Infantry Battalions
4 x Yeomanry Regiments
7 x Artillery Regiments
5 x Engineer Regiments
2 x Special Air Service Regiments
11 x Signals Regiments
4 x Equipment Support Battalions
15 x Logistics Regiments
2 x Intelligence Battalions
2 x Army Air Corps Regiments
12 x Field Hospitals
3 x Medical Regiments
2 x Military Police Battalions

ROYAL AIR FORCE

45,360 personnel

5 x Strike/Attack Squadrons (includes 1 x Reserve Squadron)
1 x Offensive Support Squadron
4 x Air Defence Squadrons
3 x Maritime Patrol Squadrons (includes 1 x Reserve Squadron)
5 x Reconnaissance Squadrons
2 x Airborne Early Warning Squadrons
9 x Transport and Tankers Squadrons
10 x Helicopter Squadrons
4 x Surface to Air Missile Squadrons
6 x Ground (Field) Defence Squadrons

JOINT FORCES

Joint Force Harrier

2 x Royal Navy Squadrons
2 x Royal Air Force Squadrons

Joint Helicopter Command

4 x Royal Naval Helicopter Squadrons
6 x Army Aviation Regiments (including 1 x Volunteer Reserve)
7 x Royal Air Force Helicopter Squadrons (including 1 x RAuxAF Helicopter Support Squadron)

Joint Special Forces Group

1 x Regular Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment
2 x Volunteer Reserve Special Air Service Regiments
4 x Special Boat Service (SBS) Squadrons
1 x Special Reconnaissance Regiment
1 x Special Forces Support Group

1 x Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Regiment

NATIONAL POLICE FORCES

England and Wales 125,000
Scotland 14,000
Northern Ireland 11,000