: the planning, preparation, and delivery of fire on targets
Examples of fire control in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebTaiwan will receive 720 Switchblade missiles and accompanying fire control systems worth $60.2 million, according to a release from the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on Tuesday.—Brad Lendon, CNN, 19 June 2024 For many intellectuals, from Roman architect Vitruvius to 20th-century French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, fire control separates the civilized from the barbaric.—Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024 The initiative will provide new and upgraded equipment to the Ministry of Civil Protection, including amphibious firefighting aircrafts, drones for aerial monitoring, fire detection and extinguishing systems, fire control centers and more than 1,000 firefighting vehicles.—Paul Tugwell, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024 During both World War I and II, the Point Loma peninsula played a key role in San Diego’s coastal defense, equipped with searchlight bunkers, fire control stations and gun batteries.—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fire control
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