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Title: Fire Mission Cycle (Battery)
Dialogue: When a fire mission is received at the battery, it is placed in the input queue to await operator review. The illumination of a fire mission lamp on the front panel of the FDS alerts the operator that a fire mission has been received. The operator displays the message, the senior person on shift reviews it, and the operator then executes the message. The FDS checks the range to the target from each current platoon center or launcher location. If the target is not within range, the computer stops processing and displays a message (FM;CFF:X) addressed to BN FDC indicating the battery cannot defeat the target, and an error message notifies the operator that the target is out of range.
If the target is within range, the computer continues processing by performing a limited target analysis, checking for violations of FSCMs and performing a downrange mask check by applying ballistic trajectory curve fits for each platoon center location to select the fire unit to engage the target. The message is displayed and executed by the operator. This generates a launcher fire mission message format (MLRS;CFF) with a computer derived tactical fire direction solution. This message is protected from the FDS operator. This message is then reviewed and transmitted to the launcher(s).
