Jordan's Ministry of Defence has signed an agreement with the US Department of Defense to acquire tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided, or tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missiles made by US-based Raytheon Company.

Raytheon, a major defence equipment manufacturer, will begin deliveries this year, said a statement.

Scott Speet, TOW program director at Raytheon, said: “Our international partners rely on the kind of extended-range precision TOW provides, and are looking forward to providing them this capability for many years to come.”

TOW is the premier long-range, precision, anti-armour, anti-fortification weapon system used currently throughout the world.

TOW is in service in more than 40 international armed forces and integrated on more than 15,000 ground, vehicle and helicopter platforms worldwide. Raytheon has delivered more than 690,000 TOW missiles to US and allied war fighters. The TOW weapon system will be in service with the US military beyond 2025, it added. – TradeArabia News Service