Looking at PC's tweet

Using this data from Our World in Data

name type incompleteCount uniqueCount count sum median mean min max mode
year number 0 66 66 130581 1978.5 1978.5 1946 2011 1946
wars number 0 5 66 67 1 1.0151515151515151 0 4 1

First period:

name type incompleteCount uniqueCount count sum median mean min max mode
year number 0 39 39 76635 1965 1965 1946 1984 1946
wars number 0 5 39 48 1 1.2307692307692308 0 4 1

Average wars 1.2

Second period:

name type incompleteCount uniqueCount count sum median mean min max mode
year number 0 27 27 53946 1998 1998 1985 2011 1985
wars number 0 4 27 19 1 0.7037037037037037 0 3 1

Average wars 0.7

Fewer wars => less urgency for new fighters

year wars
1946 0
1947 1
1948 3
1949 2
1950 1
1951 1
1952 1
1953 1
1954 1
1955 1
1956 1
1957 0
1958 1
1959 0
1960 0
1961 0
1962 1
1963 0
1964 0
1965 2
1966 1
1967 2
1968 1
1969 3
1970 2
1971 1
1972 1
1973 2
1974 1
1975 2
1976 1
1977 1
1978 2
1979 4
1980 1
1981 1
1982 3
1983 1
1984 1
1985 1
1986 1
1987 3
1988 1
1989 0
1990 1
1991 1
1992 1
1993 1
1994 1
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 1
1999 2
2000 1
2001 1
2002 1
2003 1
2004 0
2005 0
2006 1
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0