The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack. Radios function perfectly until you need fire support. Parade ground inspections are to combat readiness as mess hall food is to cuisine. The tank is a monument to the inaccuracy of indirect fire. Diplomacy has rarely been able to gain at the conference table what cannot be gained or held on the battlefield.
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
Barbara Tuchman 151. Perfect is the enemy of good enough. He who wants to defend everything defends nothing. If they're shooting at you, it's a high intensity conflict. Artillery add dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl.