Some military investment is deliberately withheld while the democratic transition remains uncertain. A successful coup should not inherit the best possible equipment, so resources go into infrastructure and a stronger civilian economy instead. If the transition survives, that capacity can support later military expansion without having armed the opposition in advance. Industrial sequencing becomes a civil-military risk calculation within the game rather than a simple race for maximum weapons production.
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Civilian investment as insurance against a coup
The second attempt limits military investment while strengthening the civilian economy, reducing what a hostile army might inherit if democratisation fails.