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Soldier Smokes Taliban with Direct Hit from Javelin
Published 3 years ago
A U.S. Soldier utilizes a javelin missile system to eliminate a group of Taliban fighters somewhere in the mountains of Afghanistan. They probably had no idea what hit them.
The FGM-148 Javelin is a fire-and-forget, man-portable missile system that uses an automatic infrared guidance system that allows the user to seek cover immediately after launch. The purpose of this is to allow the shooter to maneuver directly from their hot-position into a cold position, which is something that can't be accomplished with wire-guided missile systems.
While they were originally designed to defeat armor systems, throughout the Global War on Terror they proved to be insane effective at taking out groups of Taliban and Insurgent fighters. This video is one such instance of the Javelin missile system being used to take out fighters in the open.
