I suspect you'd have to go the route of the Dominican Republic's dictator Trujillo and militarize the whole nation, soldiers at every traffic stop, forts along every major highway.
No doubt there are more military hardware boondoggles, but it's harder to come up with a system that wastes more money for hardware than the current one. Basically it's like a car buyer insisting every feature and accessory in his car be custom designed and custom built.