wire-guided
Britishadjective
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“TOW” stands for “tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided,” which means the missile is fired only at targets that troops can actually see on the battlefield, so it’s very effective in open spaces such as deserts and large fields.
From Seattle Times
Specialist architects and archaeologists used wire-guided robots to navigate the arena's complex drainage system - aiding their understanding of daily life in Rome as well as ancient hydraulic structures, researchers said.
From BBC
There is a boom and whoosh, and a wire-guided missile flies just over our heads.
From BBC
The technology uses an underwater acoustic projector, attached to a cable dropped from the ship’s stern to identify acoustic homing and wire-guided enemy torpedoes, service information describes.
From Fox News
It passed machine guns, rockets and wire-guided antitank missiles to the rebels through the Jordan-Syria border.
From Los Angeles Times
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