Misagh-1
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Misagh-1 | |
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![]() Misagh-1 on right (note vertical battery unit). | |
Type | MANPADS |
Place of origin | Iran |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Shahid Shah Abhady Industrial Complex |
Specifications | |
Mass | 16.9 kg |
Length | 1.477 m |
Diameter | 0.71 m |
Warhead | 1.42 kg |
Detonation mechanism | Impact fuze |
Engine | solid rocket motor |
Operational range | 5 km |
Flight ceiling | 4 km |
Maximum speed | 700 m/s (Mach 2.6) |
Guidance system | Passive infrared homing |
Launch platform | Man portable |
The Misagh-1 (also Mithaq-1[1]) is an Iranian man-portable surface-to-air missile. It was developed by the Shahid Kazemi Industrial Complex in Tehran.[2]
The MANPADS was supplemented by the newer Misagh-2 missile system.
History
[edit]Iran began production of the Misagh-1 in May 1993.[3]
The Misagh-1 was reported to be found in anti-government insurgent arms caches in Iraq.[4] The US military has suggestions that the MANPADs found were smuggled with Iranian assistance.[4]
Design
[edit]The Misagh-1 is a variant or reverse-engineered clone of the Chinese QW-1 Vanguard.[2][5]
Identification
[edit]Visually, the Misagh-1 is virtually indistinguishable from the QW-1 it is cloned from and Pakistan's Anza missile.[6] It can be distinguished from the QW-1M/Misagh-2 and the QW-18/Misagh-3 by the Misagh-1's straight battery unit.
Operators
[edit]Non-State Actors
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Iran answers Hizbullah call for SAM systems". www.janes.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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- ^ "Missiles and Rockets of Hezbollah".
- ^ "A New MANPADS Variant Appears in Syria". 18 March 2016.
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- ^ "What Iran might sell now that the UN arms embargo expired". 21 October 2020.