The failure to agree on definite targets brought strong criticism from environmentalists.
They could fire only at smoke and sound, unable to line their sights on a definite target.
To spray about without a definite target, however, would be folly.
That would have been useless; for his cramped quarters offered a definite target, even in darkness.
Now, however, there are signs that the Posleen are about to commit to definite targets.
Without a definite target, though, it is pointless to cover the airports, much less the highways.
The radar showed 11 definite targets and indicated the presence of others.
Witnesses described a shell landing every two minute in the city, with no definite targets.
There was no sense in wasting ammo, He would fire when he had a definite target.
We need definite targets rather than woolly statements.