British Armed Forces Commander-in-chief is the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II, to whom members of the forces swear allegiance. The UK Parliament approves the continued existence of the British Army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years, as required by the Bill of Rights 1689. The Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Royal Marines among with all other forces do not require this act. The armed forces are managed by the Defence Council of the Ministry of Defence, headed by the Secretary of State for Defence. The United Kingdom is one of five recognised nuclear powers, is
Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Special Forces of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (), commonly known as the Spetsnaz G.U. or Spetsnaz GRU is the special forces ("spetsnaz") of the G.U., the foreign military intelligence agency of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The Spetsnaz GRU was formed in 1949, the first "spetsnaz" force in the Soviet Union, as the military force of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the foreign military intelligence agency of the Soviet Armed Forces. The force was designed