: the planning, preparation, and delivery of fire on targets
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One year after a deadly blaze ripped through the Pacific Palisades and destroyed thousands of homes, the union representing Los Angeles firefighters has launched a ballot initiative that would raise hundreds of millions of dollars for fire control by boosting the city’s sales tax.—Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2026 Radar offers multimode functionality With digital beam forming and steering, multimode functionality and interleaved ground and air targeting, PhantomStrike delivers superior radar capability at nearly half the cost of typical fire control radars, according to a press release.—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2025 Russian instructors would then train the Chinese airborne battalion at training grounds in China, preparing the soldiers for landing, fire control and maneuvering.—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 27 Sep. 2025 In that role, Ellis commanded 19 anti-aircraft guns, oversaw a crew of men, and operated the fire control system that directed when those guns should be fired.—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire control