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indirect fire

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Fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as a point of aim for the weapons or the director.
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Noun1.indirect fire - fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons
firing, fire - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"


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Airport staff on Monday had told Aswat al-Iraq that an indirect fire attack occurred in the airport and said it was most probably with Katyusha rockets that targeted the facility at 09:00 p.
u The following eight soldiers died Saturday in Kamdesh, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked their contingency outpost with small arms, rocket-propelled grenade and indirect fire.
Troops responded to the attack with small-arms, heavy weapons and indirect fire, killing three militants.
 
 
 
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