James_Solomon t1_j60sea5 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 10:14 PM

Reply to comment by Holyvigil in Access to modern military technology substantially reduces the probability of democratisation of authoritarian regimes — New details about the spread of 29 ground-breaking military technologies in all independent states from 1820 to 2010, as well as the form of government in these states by marketrent

The weapons systems being discussed in the article are not guns, but things like armored vehicles, drones, crowd management devices, etc that act as substantial for e multipliers.