Actually, both NATO and the Soviets used conventional HE rounds to fire their registration shots before firing the nuclear round. Say you have an 8-inch battery (M-110s) that has received a nuclear fire mission. The FO would be notified, and the battery would fire a conventional round to start the process. Then once the conventional round lands on the aiming point, the nuclear round is fired. Or at least, that's what some of the books on a potentional WW III said in the '80s.
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