The City was a vulnerable and vital economic target.

American strategic planners have historically set the level of damage that they wish to inflict on vital targets at 80 percent.

The latter possibility was scarcely more encouraging than the first, because the very fact of Cerulea's survival proclaimed it to be a vital target.

Is not the greater villain the more vital target?

"Once the targets are destroyed, he'll be able to fly"in and attack more vital targets from the ground.

Their use as shields for vital targets is expressly forbidden by the convention, he said.

Each of the missions involves destroying vital military targets in order to halt the Bions' progress on the planet.

During the War of 1965, the squadron flew several sorties and strike missions over vital targets.

In October, 1944, they took part in a most successful attack on a vital German target.

The little drone was designed to burst a wide range of EM every few minutes, drawing fire away from more vital targets.