There are no American infidels at Safwan air base. Never.
At Safwan I did not come to negotiate. I came to tell the Iraqis what was expected of them if we continued our cessation of offensive operations.
From It Doesn't Take a Hero, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf with Peter Petre, Bantam, 1992. From my collection of big fat books; this Army one from the USNA grad. Go figure.
A team from the 1st Squadron, 4th U.S. Cavalry Regiment launches a TOW missile during recent training.
U.S. Army Photo By MSG Larry Lane
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The BGM-71 TOW wire-guided heavy anti-tank missile is produced by Raytheon Systems Company. The weapon is used in anti-armour, anti-bunker, anti-fortification and anti-amphibious landing roles. TOW is in service with over 40 armed forces and is integrated on over 15,000 ground, vehicle and helicopter platforms world-wide.
The TOW missile system has been in service since 1970. The TOW 2 system includes: TOW 2 (BGM-71D), with over 80,000 missiles delivered, no longer in production; TOW 2A (BGM-71E), which entered production in 1987 with over 118,000 missiles delivered; and TOW 2B (BGM-71F), which entered production in 1991 with over 40,000 missiles delivered. TOW 2B is designed to complement rather than replace TOW 2A and both missiles are operational with the US Army.
The missiles can be fired from the ground using a tripod-mounted launch tube or installed on vehicles.