firecontrol

fire control

noun Military.
technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.
Origin:
1885–90

Related forms
fire-con·trol, adjective
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fire control
 
—n
military the procedures by which weapons are brought to engage a target

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