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
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
The Misagh-1 is a variant or reverse-engineered clone of the Chinese QW-1 Vanguard.[2][5]
Identification
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
Non-State Actors
References
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- ^ a b "Misagh-1 man portable air defence missile system technical data sheet specifications pictures | Iran Iranian army missile systems vehicles UK | Iran Iranian army military equipment armoured UK". 5 January 2012. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ https://www.nti.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/iran_missile.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b c https://media.nti.org/pdfs/iraq_missile.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Missiles and Rockets of Hezbollah".
- ^ "A New MANPADS Variant Appears in Syria". 18 March 2016.
- ^ https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/141007_Iran_Rocket_Missile_forces.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/YB07%20623%2014A.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "What Iran might sell now that the UN arms embargo expired". 21 October 2020.
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