Standard government procedure. Neglect investment for a few years, let things degrade, and then you have an emergency where nobody is going to question you why you are building the whole fucking thing again from scratch, no expenses spared! after all, it is an emergency!

You can do this with the educational system, with health care, and with infrastructure. Of course they would also do it with Defense. Lockheed/Northrop/Boeing/etc executives need to have their bonuses too!