Why is the U.S.’s military so high and why is it so hard to bring it down to numbers similar to other counties?

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Why is the U.S.’s military so high and why is it so hard to bring it down to numbers similar to other counties?

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To tack onto what others have said, it is also my understanding that the US military puts a lot of focus on developing new technology so they stay at the top of the world in that sense. And research and development is expensive.