firing solution

plural firing solutions

1. governmentA set of aiming and guidance directions that, when input into a weapon, allow it to hit a specific target.

   The battleship's fire-control computer used range, bearing, wind, and relative-motion data to generate a firing solution on the enemy ship.

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   "That shot came from Chinook's fleet. She missed because I corrupted her targeting data. Her NON-corrupted targeting drones are now en route. Light-speed delays in their observations give you a seventeen-minute window before Chinook has a fresh firing solution."

   2018 September 9, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2025

   The captain begs Rozhestvensky to change course, but he refuses. Whilst such a change would throw off Tōgō's firing solution', it would also disrupt Suvorovs own.

   2019 September 18, Drachinifel, 20:27 from the start, in Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any worse..., archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022