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Coordinating Fire Support 1 March 2016 ATP 3-09.42 5-31 5-129. The following considerations apply: The sensor is capable of locating and describing the target to standards that warrant immediate attack. The firing platform can perform technical fire direction. The commander establishing the sensor-to-shooter link can task the sensor. The sensor possesses compatible communications with those of the firing platform. The distance between the sensor and the shooter allows direct or automatic relay communications. A separate communications network exists between the sensor and the shooter. The commander establishing the sensor-to-shooter link can task the firing platform. Specific targets or target areas of interest are pre-designed to focus the sensor and orient the shooter. Fires against expected targets or target areas of interest are pre-cleared. Airspace, if necessary, is pre-cleared. The total time from sensor acquisition to effects on the target is less than the estimated target dwell time. A well-defined start time and a clear end-state for this relationship are established for the sensor- to-shooter link. OPTION 2 5-130. Option 2 is also a descriptive phrase—not a mission or tactical task—of a direct communications link between a reliable target acquisition sensor and the lowest level tactical headquarters that can perform technical fire direction. See figure 5-4. Figure 5-4. Option 2: sensor-to-shooter 5-131. The sensor bypasses normal reporting channels and communicates with (sends data to) a command post or device that it would not send data to under normal circumstances. 5-132. The following considerations apply: The sensor is capable of locating and describing the target to standards that warrant immediate attack. The commander establishing the sensor-to-shooter link can task the sensor. The sensor possesses compatible communications with those of the tactical headquarters element with which it is communicating. The distance between the sensor and the tactical headquarters element allows direct or automatic relay communications.