TOW

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TOW (plural TOWs)

  1. (military) Initialism of tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided: a kind of antitank missile.
    • 2015 October 12, Anne Barnard, Karam Shoumali, “U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      The American-made TOW antitank missiles began arriving in the region in 2013, through a covert program run by the United States, Saudi Arabia and other allies to help certain C.I.A.-vetted insurgent groups battle the Syrian government.

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