Press Release
from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
Overview
The Distribution of Military Capabilities (rDMC) dataset is a catalog of over 18,000 types of military equipment spanning 173 countries from 1970–2014. This data is sourced from the IISS Military Balance and organized into a machine-readable format, which may be downloaded.
The rDMC project is led by J Andrés Gannon. Funding, research support, and training was provided by the Center for Peace and Security Studies (cPASS) at the University of California, San Diego.
Recommended citation
Gannon, J. Andres. “Distribution of Military Capabilities (rDMC) Dataset.” Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, October 5, 2021