It's been 40+ years since I worked on the program but my recollection is that
the wire on the TOW missile was under ten mils, including the insulation.
A story that I heard was that during the conceptual phase a search for vendors
for the wire came up with only one, US Steel. When asked how long a continuous
length they could draw the answer was, "Oh, we could probably make it in 50 foot
lengths." Hughes said, "We need it in lengths over a mile!"
Wes N7WS
On 4/18/2019 2:06 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
I had no idea the wires could be that thin, but I checked around online and
saw horse fence tape with wire thicknesses ranging from 6 mils to 12 mils for
15 strand tape, so 7 mils (0.1778 mm) for 18 wires sounds like a good ballpark
figure.
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