targeting computer
Weapon guidance processor
A targeting computer is an electronic system that calculates firing solutions for weapons, accounting for variables like distance, speed, and movement.
The term comes from military and naval technology but is most familiar from science fiction, particularly the scene in Star Wars where Luke Skywalker switches off his targeting computer to trust the Force instead: Use the Force, Luke.
- aimingDirecting toward target
- crosshairsIntersecting sighting lines
- lock-onAutomated target tracking
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- HUDVisual information overlay
tracking · reticle · scope · guidance · acquisition · rangefinder · locked and loaded · torpedo · turret · ballistic · trajectory · coordinates · hostile · bogey · enemy contact · threat assessment · intercept · kill zone
- military computersfire control, guidance system, ENIAC, Colossus, missile guidance
- Military Sensorssensor, early warning radar, infrared sensor, thermal imager, night vision
- fire controltracking system, range finder, rangefinder, deflection, predictor
- Stealth AircraftB-2 Spirit, F-22 Raptor, stealth bomber, stealth fighter, stealth aircraft
- Point Defenseanti-missile, missile defense, Iron Dome, rapid fire, Gatling gun
targeting computeriron sights
Fixed aiming posts on firearms
gunsight · point and shoot · dead reckoning · telescopic sight
targeting computerguesswork
Conclusions drawn without proof
eyeballing · shooting from the hip · spray and pray · blind fire · suppressive fire
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