WordNet
n. preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target
Wikipedia
Fire control is the practice of reducing the heat output of a fire, reducing the area over which the fire exists, or suppressing or extinguishing the fire by depriving it of fuel, oxygen, or heat (see fire triangle).
The classification below relates to the United States of America. Different classifications exist in other countries.
Usage examples of "fire control".
The fire control console, he smashed it with the wrench, there would be no way to fire and release the charged particle.
All of the Luhai-II and Jiangwei-II vessels, in addition to their other formidable armaments, had been armed with four of the new LRASD weapons and the targeting and fire control computers and other equipment to control them.
Walking toward the jackknifed trunk, he spotted the second man struggling with his assault rifle, banging the clip into the stock, clumsily knocking the fire control with his fist.
And it would have been equally impossible to disguise a military-grade fire control and sensor suite.
It was fairly evident from the Elric report, for example, that the Peeps' fire control had been completely fooled by the EW drones generating superdreadnought signatures.
We can modify the fire control to let each LAC handle a couple of them at a time and then put them in Sidemore orbit.
After that, we need to take a good look at tying them into our main fire control, and, given our own lack of proper sidewalls or armor, our point defense net.
There's still a glitch in the fire control runs somewhere, and the crew's going to have to update the on-mount computers manually, but the bay's vacuum-tight again and all the test circuits are green.
Everything was in order: fire control systems fully operational on Decks 4 through 11.