The obvious answer to that is they don't 'fund' it enough. It was pared to the bone at the end of the Cold War and many senior staff offered early retirement. Given the rapid advance in communications technology in general since, they are still suffering from that policy.
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"I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Corporal Hicks
(Actually Ripley said it first.)
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