firing solution
Noun
A set of aiming and guidance directions that, when input into a weapon, allow it to hit a specific target.
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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."
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 Suvorov's own.
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firing solutions