“…The framework we consider is common to military weapon target engagements (Aviv & Kress, 1997;Gombolay et al, 2018;Kisi, 1976;Mastran & Thomas, 1973), shooting problems (Glazebrook & Washburn, 2004;Sato, 1997a), and more broadly to stochastic sequential resource allocation (Sato, 1996(Sato, , 1997b. Monotonicity properties for the related bomber problem, where a bomber has to survive sequential engagements with enemy aircraft by firing a volley (one or more) of weapons are discussed in (Weber, 2013).…”