keep ones eye on the ball

💡 He is not against missiles, though sometimes quoted as being so, but he feels that in air warfare it is always necessary to keep one's eye on the ball, not on the distant future.

او مخالف موشک نیست، هرچند گاهی اوقات از او چنین نقل قول می‌شود، اما احساس می‌کند که در جنگ هوایی همیشه لازم است که چشم به هدف داشت، نه به آینده‌ی دور.