Saudi king's security force going military, orders TOW missiles
LONDON — Saudi Arabia, in a major step to enhance the king's private security force, has ordered guided missiles from the United States.
The Saudi Arabian National Guard, in its first such military project, has selected the TOW, or Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wireless-Guided, 2A radio-frequency, missiles from the U.S. firm Raytheon.