Misagh-1

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Misagh-1
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Misagh-1 on right (note vertical battery unit).
Type MANPADS
Place of originIran
Production history
Manufacturer Shahid Shah Abhady Industrial Complex
Specifications
Mass16.9 kg
Length1.477 m
Diameter0.71 m
Warhead1.42 kg
Detonation
mechanism
Impact fuze

Enginesolid rocket motor
Operational
range
5 km
Flight ceiling4 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]

Contents

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

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