Maybe they really are planning to send the bill to Europe.

Necessary to overcome state-of-the-art Houthi air defenses

The focus on tactics and aesthetics at the expense of strategy is a bit like USAF fighter generals in the early GWOT, or maybe the British cavalry in WWI. But it’s worse in that it pervades the natsec leadership, and a lot of the strongest SOF proponents were never even competent practitioners.