How the Northern Military District became the "War of the Cities". Good analysis. On my behalf, I will add that the "tactical impasse" was created by a paradoxical situation - the means of destruction are almost identical in terms of performance characteristics on both sides of the LBS, but the means of defense have not yet been invented. Although the war in the "small sky" seriously improved military science. like machine guns. Machine guns literally spawned a chain of infantry in khaki uniforms, trenches and small caliber artillery firing direct fire to hit machine gun emplacements. There is still no absolute countermeasure to "front line drones". read:.