DefenceTalkAmerican-made anti-tank missiles are turning the tide against the Syrian regime and allied forces in a major battle in the country’s centre and northwest, rebel groups said Tuesday. Non-Islamist opposition factions say they are using the US-made TOW missiles to halt a Syrian army advance that is backed by Russian air strikes in the provinces […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rebels-say-us-made-missiles-turning-tide-against-regime-65635/

DefenceTalkFirst launches of wireless-guided missiles from airborne platform In the first of its kind launch, Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) fired tube-launched, optically-tracked, wireless-guided (TOW®) 2A radio frequency (RF) practice missiles from an AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter during a December exercise. Raytheon, working with the Naval Air Systems Command, fired two TOW 2A RF practice missiles […]https://www.defencetalk.com/tow-2a-rf-missiles-successfully-fired-from-helicopter-63692/