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