Definition of fire-and-forget in US English:
fire-and-forget
adjectiveˌfī(ə)rənfərˈɡet
attributive (of a missile) able to guide itself to its target once fired.
Example sentencesExamples
- Equipped with an infra-red homing sensor for day and night operation, the fire-and-forget missile can destroy a tank four kilometers away by diving into the tank from the top which is vulnerable.
- The fire-and-forget principle underlies the development of all modern precision guided weapons today.
- Over-the-horizon warfare and fire-and-forget weapons concentrate information in the hands of military officials and make it much harder for the media to provide ‘ground truth.’
- The weapons are lightweight fire-and-forget anti-tank missiles and use electro-optical and fibre-optic technologies.
- The missiles that had been fired at the helicopter were state-of-the-art fire-and-forget missiles with multiple sensor systems.