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The BGM-71 TOW ("Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided", pronounced / ˈ t oʊ /) [9] is an American anti-tank missile. TOW replaced much smaller missiles like the SS.10 and ENTAC , offering roughly twice the effective range, a more powerful warhead, and a greatly improved semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS) that could also ...
A TOW missile being fired from an M1134 ATGM vehicle, showing the two guidance wires (the wavy lines between the missile and the launcher). A wire-guided missile is a missile that is guided by signals sent to it via thin wires connected between the missile and its guidance mechanism, which is located somewhere near the launch site.
With wire-and radio-guided SACLOS, the sighting device can calculate the angular difference in direction from the missile position to the target location. It can then give electronic instructions to the missile that correct its flight path so it is flying along a straight line from the sighting device to the target.
The AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) is an American military program to develop an air-to-surface missile, to replace the current air-launched BGM-71 TOW, AGM-114 Hellfire, and AGM-65 Maverick missiles. [4] The U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps collectively plan to buy tens of thousands of JAGMs. [5]
Foes "TOW" the line when faced with Raytheon's missiles. Photo: U.S. Army Two months ago, we told you about an astoundingly large contract that America's Defense Security Cooperation Agency, or ...
Wire-guided missiles — typically MCLOS or SACLOS anti-tank guided missiles. Pages in category "Wire-guided missiles" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
Only seven of the 17 TOW missiles fired hit their targets during this week's drills, which were focused on training for a potential invasion by China.
TOW originally stood for "Television Over Wire." If that's in reference to the TOW missile then I don't understand why that would be the case. There's no "television" involved on any level. Thatguy96 13:24, 5 August 2006 (UTC) TOW is Tube-launched Optically tracked Wire Command-Link Guided Missile, not "Wire Guided". The quote from the ...