Traditionally this data is relayed via radio or wire communications as a warning order to the guns, followed by orders specifying the type of ammunition and fuse setting, direction, and the elevation needed to reach the target, and the method of adjustment or orders for fire for effect ( FFE ).
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When the spotting round is either on the target or the necessary adjustment is small enough to be within allowable limits, the FO calls for a fire mission, often with the phrase, " Fire for effect . " If the first fire mission does not reduce the position or change the tactical situation sufficiently, other fire missions may be called for.
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It wasn't until December 14 that " New Jersey " finally joined the fray and fired 11 projectiles from her 16-inch guns at hostile targets near Beirut . " This was the first time 16-inch shells were fired for effect anywhere in the world since the " New Jersey " ended her time on the gunline in Vietnam in 1969 . " Also in December 1983, U . S . aircraft from the and battle groups attacked Syrian targets in Lebanon, but this was ostensibly in response to Syrian missile attacks on American warplanes.
