Almas is a guided missile that does not need a direct eye-line sight to launch from land vehicles, drones, helicopters and shoulder-fired tubes.

It is a so-called top-attack missile — meaning its ballistic trajectory can strike from directly above its targets instead of from the side and hit tanks where they are lightly armored and vulnerable.

Almas was developed primarily for use in combat drones or as a ground base using fire and release guidance.

[6][7][8] Almas-4, the newer generation of this missile, among other improvements, send clearer images of its flight back to its operators.

[1] In January 2024, Hezbollah released a video of a strike on the Israeli naval base at Rosh Hanikra, on the border with Lebanon, saying it had used an Almas missile.