 It was followed by two sequels, "Iron Man 2" in 2010 and "Iron Man 3" in 2013.Tony Stark, who has inherited the defense contractor Stark Industries from his father Howard Stark, is in war-torn Afghanistan with his friend and military liaison, Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, to demonstrate the new "Jericho" missile.After the demonstration, the convoy is ambushed and Stark is critically wounded by a missile used by the attackers