Source · Select Committees · Defence Committee
Recommendation 44
44
Accepted
MOD investing in specific capabilities, yet urgent wider reinvestment is required for readiness.
Conclusion
The Chief of the Defence Staff also told us that the MOD was investing in capabilities such as “complex weapons, general munitions, and operational spares stocks to meet the needs of sustained operation”.68 The Minister for the Armed Forces argued that decisions taken to make savings at the expense of warfighting readiness were correct when they were taken but recognised that “there is a whole load of stuff that we disinvested in that we urgently need to reinvest in”.69 He acknowledged that the MOD “have an awful lot of work to do to recover the … readiness that we enjoyed during the cold war, and that we require again now”.70
Government Response Summary
The government details that it has placed almost £1Bn in contracts to replenish UK stocks of equipment and munitions, including various anti-tank weapons, missiles, and artillery rounds, which were provided to Ukraine.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
In addition to these uplifts, we have placed almost £1Bn in contracts to replenish UK stocks of equipment and munitions already granted to Ukraine. Contracts have been placed to replenish UK stockpiles include Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapons; Starstreak High Velocity Missiles; Lightweight Multirole Missiles; Javelin missiles; Brimstone missiles; 155mm artillery rounds; and 5.56mm rifle rounds.