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Information Is Beautiful: War Games

A country’s military investment is not just dollars and cents. It’s also about soldiers and infantry. When it comes to sheer number of soldiers, you can guess the result. But, as ever, using whole numbers creates a skewed picture. China obviously has a huge population. Their army is bound to be huge. If you adjust the parameters to a proportional view, the image shifts dramatically. North Korea tops the league with the most militarised population, while China plummets to a staggering 164th in the world league table. The US barely scrapes the top 50. The UK’s armed forces look tiny. This re-ordering creates some surprises too. Israel and Iraq you could perhaps predict. But Eritrea and Djibouti?

via Guardian

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   Who has the most bombs? …These numbers mean nothing, these numbers would mean a lot if we wars were fought on the ground...

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