offtaskagain Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I remembered there being a discussion about TOWs a while ago so I figured this would be of interest. TOW Contract It seems the new wireless TOW round integrates the control system into the expendable round case so no modification to the launchers or crew training are necessary. I wonder if they will have to change the acronym now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Well, someone had posted that the last TOW wire spool manufacturer had disappeared recently - so wireless was the only direction left to go! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Contract award 22-24 years after I was involved with some of the preliminary design concepts? Definitely NOT a crash program! Still, the implementation seems to be very well thought out. The acronym could remain the same. How? Simply subsititute Wirelessly for Wire. Tube (Launched) Optically (Tracked) Wirelessly (Guided). Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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