painted
In the military one would paint the target with a laser…meaning you would point the laser at the target. when the target is painted the plane would launch a missile and the missile would be guided to were the laser is painted on the target.
This exact thing happens on the movie In the Army now [starts at about the 1:14:00 mark]
that being said likely next week the DS is going to bombed.
https://youtu.be/bLSqNX9tGaE?t=4442