Its excellent that attention is drawn to this, but its not really fulfilling the potential. Its not interactive like https://www.gapminder.org/tools/ https://w

Its excellent that attention is drawn to this, but its not really fulfilling the potential. Its not interactive like https://www.gapminder.org/tools/ https://www.gapminder.org/tools/ and it doesn't show where the arms are going, and what percentage is brought and which is aid etc. What would be really impressive is an interactive timeline map with arrows showing production/consumption of aid and arms. Who is giving aid, who is giving weapons, and to whom? I think that would be interesting to see because I think we all have some suspicions and preconceived ideas in that direction. ADDED: I have discovered that gapminder has several "Defense and Arms Trade" dimensions. This is the gapminder interactive timeline for the same data as the OP site is showing? https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#$state$time$value=1960;&marker$size$which=arms_exports_us_inflation_adjusted&domainMin:null&domainMax:null&spaceRef:null;&color$which=_default&use=constant&spaceRef:null;;;&chart-type=map https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#$state$time$value=1960;&mar... For another example, here is arms exports vs imports. Those on the vertical are producers, those on the horizontal are consumers (of foreign weaponry): https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#$state$marker$axis_x$which=arms_imports_us_inflation_adjusted&domainMin:null&domainMax:null&zoomedMin:null&zoomedMax:null&scaleType=linear&spaceRef:null;&axis_y$which=arms_exports_us_inflation_adjusted&domainMin:null&domainMax:null&zoomedMin:null&zoomedMax:null&spaceRef:null;;;&chart-type=bubbles https://www.gapminder.org/tools/#$state$marker$axis_x$which=... I'm sure people can come up with better visualizations?