Oh but that's not a military problem per say as much as an American problem. Most countries in Europe have an army, and the bomb, but we don't do things that way.
I think it's important to separate the 2 debates, one is quite universal, while the second one is a contextual issue to solve.
The military's responsibility is to defend the country. If they're buying fighter jets when they should be buying laptops then they are failing to do their duty.
"We spend more on defense than the next ten countries combined."
- POTUS Obama - State of The Union 2016
What makes matters even worse is we're still building (over-budget) fighter jets while our adversaries are focusing on cyber based "weapons."
If we have more military but are less safe then something is not what it is said to be.