Abu Mahdi ( fa, موشک ابومهدی), complete name: "Shahid (Martyr) Abu-Mahdi al-Muhandis missile" ( fa, موشک شهید ابومهدی المهندس), is an Iranian
naval
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral zone, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and ...
cruise missile
A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial or naval targets that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhe ...
with a range of over 1000 km. The missile is named after
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
Jamal Ja'far Muhammad Ali Al Ibrahim ( ar, جمال جعفر محمد علي آل إبراهيم ', 16 Nov 1954 – 2 January 2020), known by the kunya Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis ( ar, أبو مهدي المهندس, lit=Father of Mahdi, the Engine ...
, an Iraqi companion of Qasem Soleimani who was killed in an American airstrike in 2020. It was unveiled on 20 August 2020 simultaneously with the
Haj-Qasem missile. The Abu Mahdi missile can be launched by diverse types of platforms, including sea, land and air launchers.
Among the most significant features of the Abu-Mahdi missile is its long range. At over 1000 km, the range of the Abu Mahdi is about triple the range of Iran's previously most-capable anti-ship missiles, the 350 km
Raad missile and the
Qadir missile whose range is 300 kilometres.
It has been reported (
by Tasnim Agency) that this missile is similar to the
Hoveyzeh
Hoveyzeh ( fa, هویزه; ar, الهويزة also romanized as Huwaiza, Havizeh, Hawiza, Hawīzeh, Hovayze, and Hovayzeh; also known as Hūzgān or Khūzgān) is a city and capital of Hoveyzeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census ...
missile in appearance. The engine used in the Abu-Mahdi missile is a Toloue-family (طلوع) turbojet engine, which has a long history of operation in "
Karar drones" and cruise missiles of the family of "
Noor,
Qader and Qadir". On the other hand, possessing the capability to control the thrust of this kind of engine, the type of its wings and having the necessary fuel that is placed in the larger body of the new cruise missile, have made this Iranian missile to be able to fly at different speed ranges.
Abu-Mahdi (missile)
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See also
* Haj Qasem (missile)
Shahid Haj Qasem ( fa, موشک بالیستیک شهید حاج قاسم) is an Iranian ballistic missile which was unveiled on 20 August 2020. It is named after the Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the US in January 202 ...
* Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)
The Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL; fa, وزارت دفاع و پشتیبانی نیروهای مسلح, vezarat-e defa' va poshtibani-ey niruha-ye mosallah) is the defence ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran and p ...
* Hoveyzeh (cruise missile)
* Noor (missile)
* Qader (missile)
The Qader ( fa, قادر) is a medium-range anti-ship cruise missile developed by Iran.
Development
The missile called "Qader" (Able) is an upgraded version of Noor (a copy of Chinese C-802 missile). The missile, which was unveiled in Augu ...
* Ghadir (missile)
The Ghadir missile ( fa, موشک قدیر) is an Iranian anti-ship cruise missile with a range of 330 km. The missile is capable of being employed both from shore and from ships afloat. The missile was unveiled in Tehran in 2014 in an ev ...
* Nasir (missile)
Nasir ( fa, نصیر) is an Iranian naval cruise missile, which was fired during a major naval exercise called "Welayat-95" in southern waters of Iran.[Zafar (anti-ship missile)
Zafar is an anti-ship cruise missile developed by Iran.
In response to the United States arms embargo of 1992, Iran turned toward domestically engineered- and produced-weapon systems. The Zafar (Triumph) cruise missile is the result of those ef ...]
* Nasr-e Basir
Nasr-e Basir ( fa, نصر بصیر, "Clear Victory") is an Iranian Indigenous Smart Low-observable anti-ship cruise missile unveiled on 24 August 2014 in a defense exhibition in Tehran along with Ghadir missile, Karrar-4 MALE UAV and Mohajer ...
References
{{Weapons of Iran
Anti-ship cruise missiles of Iran
Post–Cold War weapons of Iran
Cruise missiles of Iran
Naval cruise missiles