Russia-Ukraine Invasion

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    U.S. weapons exports from 1950 to 2017. Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Arms Transfers Database. Units are expressed in trend indicator values (TIV). Each dot on the map = one TIV. Visualization by Will Geary.

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    • Create the problem, sell the solution.pablo28
    • ok now do rassa
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    • If you stop at any given point it's pretty clear that most of these sales are going to US allies. South Korea, Australia, UK.yuekit
    • Or more controversially...Sa... Arabia, Israel. But its mostly Western aligned countries' militaries buying equipment from the USA. Other countries will buyyuekit
    • from Russia such as China, India and Iran.
      https://www.aljazeer…      yuekit
    • The War Machine keeps churning. Need to buy some more defense stocks when the market goes down!formed
    • After Russia, then do France, Germany, UK. In the not too distant future, do Korea and Poland or *aNy cOuNtRy wiTh a tEcH/iNduStriAl maKe uP*Nairn
    • Since WW2, if you wanted arms, you went to the US, Russia or the UK. Since the 70s, mostly the first two and a smattering of other Eurobloc states.Nairn
    • Despite this weird leftist anti-Western utopianistic bluster, even pacific countries tend to see the need to keep a certain level of defence in place.Nairn
    • Unless you're fucking Bhutan, of course.

      Mind you, Tibet. Oops, sorry - China isn't imperial, is it? Huh.      Nairn
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