it was an HJ-8 anti-tank missile, his mind told him, fishing up the information from his months of intelligence briefings! Even the KGB rarely involved itself in wet work any longer - a Russian phrase from the thirties, denoting the fact that blood made one's hands wet - instead leaving it to surrogates like the Bulgarians, or more commonly to terrorist groups who performed such irregular services as a quid pro quo for arms and training assistance!