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| Anti-Tank Missiles Counter ISIS Ground Game |
| 2015-11-17 |
| From the American TOW to the French MILAN to the Swedish AT-4, anti-tank weapons are now featuring prominently in the ground war against the Islamic State. The U.S. is supplying Iraqi Security Forces with the BGM-71 tube-launched optically tracked wire-guided, or TOW, missile made by Raytheon Co. as well as the AT-4 unguided missile made by Saab for use against militants affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, also known as ISIL, according to an article by my colleague Richard Sisk. Meanwhile, Kurdish Peshmerga forces wielded the Missile d'Infanterie Leger Antichar, or MILAN, light infantry anti-tank missile to stop ISIS counterattacks using vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices in the successful push to take the northwestern Iraqi town of Sinjar last week, Sisk wrote. The New York Unfortunately, during an Army conference last month in Washington, D.C., officials with the manufacturer weren't able to speak about the TOW or its potential implications on the battlefield in Iraq and Syria. Instead, they touted a new miniature laser-guided missile for Special Forces and infantry troops. Video at the link. |
| Posted by:Sven the pelter |
| #2 You're about a year off. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-11-17 15:25 |
| #1 TOWs under a covert CIA operation in 2013? hey wasn't that about the time Stevens was killed in Benghazi over some CIA activity or other? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 2015-11-17 05:02 |