It's also super expensive to develop current generation offensive and defensive military hardware. It's super expensive to play wargames.
The end result is know about an issue someone else could exploit if they have the time and will to do so. The US is going against state sponsored actors who will spend the time and energy to figure out ways they could cripple our country. And we do the exact same thing to them.
Security is done in layers. If you're a nation state, you need to be prepared to defend against other nation state actors. And that costs a lot of money.
The end result is know about an issue someone else could exploit if they have the time and will to do so. The US is going against state sponsored actors who will spend the time and energy to figure out ways they could cripple our country. And we do the exact same thing to them.
Security is done in layers. If you're a nation state, you need to be prepared to defend against other nation state actors. And that costs a lot of money.