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| Misagh-1 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) 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 | 6 km |
| Flight ceiling | 5 km |
| Maximum speed | 700 m/s (Mach 2.6) |
Guidance system | Passive infrared homing |
Launch platform | Man portable |
TheMisagh-1 (alsoMithaq-1[1]) is an Iranian[2][3] man-portablesurface-to-air missile. It was developed by the Shahid Kazemi Industrial Complex inTehran.[4]
TheMANPADS was supplemented by the newerMisagh-2 missile system.
Iran began production of the Misagh-1 in May 1993.[5]
The Misagh-1 was reported to be found in anti-government insurgent arms caches in Iraq.[6] The US military has suggestions that the MANPADs found were smuggled with Iranian assistance.[6]
The Misagh-1 is a variant or reverse-engineered clone of the ChineseQW-1 Vanguard.[4][7]
Visually, the Misagh-1 is virtually indistinguishable from the QW-1 it is cloned from and Pakistan'sAnza missile.[8] It can be distinguished from the QW-1M/Misagh-2 and the QW-18/Misagh-3 by the Misagh-1's straight battery unit.
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