[Sapper26]

It could also be a variant of our own TOW missiles. Back in the Iran-Contra thing, TOW's were part of the shipment. Over the last 17 years, the Iranians may have developed their own version (or old TOW's found their way to the Soviets).

[archy]

It could also be a variant of our own TOW missiles. Back in the Iran-Contra thing, TOW's were part of the shipment. Over the last 17 years, the Iranians may have developed their own version (or old TOW's found their way to the Soviets).

Could be, though I think we'd have been at least generally familiar with the effects of one of our own warheads, even if reverse-engineered and upgraded [as we did with the Soviet SA-7 *Strella*] by a foreign source. The Russian Copy of the M72A2 LAW as their RPG-18 Mukha comes to mind....

But the Brits use the TOW in at least limited numbers as well, though they favour the MILAN for dismounted Infantry use. I wonder if they might have misplaced any new goodies from their boffins while they were in the area during Operation Telic.

[GOPJ]

Now that would be bad news...

It could also be a variant of our own TOW missiles. Back in the Iran-Contra thing, TOW's were part of the shipment. Over the last 17 years, the Iranians may have developed their own version (or old TOW's found their way to the Soviets).