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I was just about to say the same thing, TOW missiles are still in service.
by Zamiel_Snawley 2y ago
I was just about to say the same thing, TOW missiles are still in service.
- lupusreal 2y agoI think all the fiber/wire controlled TOWs are retired from US service though? The new ones are all wireless AFAIK.
- romwell 2y agoThe more relevant part is that Ukraine is using them right now, and that has been specifically mentioned in the article.
- rock_artist 2y agoFrom my understanding this technology is still actively used by Spike [1] based missiles and their counterfeit ones by Iran used by its allies. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_(missile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_(missile)
- Muromec 2y agoThat's because US military doesn't optimize for cost and can have those things costing in the area of 250 per shot. Ukrainian military does optimize for cost and gets 10 of fly by wire Stugna's for this money.