FGM-148 Javelin has a 2,500 meter range, approximately twice that of the Dragon. Its default anti-tank mode is top-attack, in which, as it nears the target, it "pops up" and dives to hit a tank where the armor is usually thinnest. An innovation, however, is a direct fire mode, where it flies straight at the target, which is preferable for targets such as targets with top cover, or the sides of buildings and bunkers.
A lightweight, shoulder-fired surface-to-surface missile (SSM) principally, but not exclusively, intended as an anti-tank missile, the U.S. FGM-148 Javelin contains significant advantages over earlier shoulder-fired (e.g., the AT-4 unguided rocket) or at least portable antitank weapons (e.g, M-47 Dragon). While intended principally for surface targets, it has some surface-to-air missile (SAM) capability against slow targets such as helicopters.
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