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  • Behind him the exec got the firecontrol tracking party working on a torpedo solution for the new target.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • As soon as the gun mount was unmasked, firecontrol radars gave it a target solution, and the long-barrel gun elevated to thirty degrees and locked on the target.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • The solution light blinked on the firecontrol console.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • The firecontrol tracking party was already plotting the new contacts.

    Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

  • Any man who can handle firecontrol mathematics can learn nuclear engineering.

    Citizen Of The Galaxy Heinlein, Robert A. 1957

  • "Baslim, I'll see you at oh eight hundred in combat control -- well find out how much you know about firecontrol."

    Citizen Of The Galaxy Heinlein, Robert A. 1957

  • It was as complex as a firecontrol computer without a computer's cool logic.

    Citizen Of The Galaxy Heinlein, Robert A. 1957

  • Existing Phalanx and Goalkeeper auto-gun systems are already commonly switched to autonomous operation as missiles close in - or are thought to be closing in - and this is also done in such situations with American Aegis firecontrol systems in charge of Standard interceptor missiles.

    The Register 2009

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