U.S. Marines fire a Tube launched, Optically tracked, Wire guided missile on the firing range during an exercise at Fort Pickett, Va., on March 30, 1998. The anti-armor missile, more commonly known as a TOW missile, is guided to its target by thin wires that transmit in flight corrections to the missile from the launcher. The Marines are attached to Bravo Company, Weapons Platoon, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Camp Lejeune, N.C.