The Misagh-1 (also Mithaq-1
) is an Iranian man-portable
surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...
. It was developed by the Shahid Kazemi Industrial Complex in
Tehran
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.
The
MANPADS
Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable surface-to-air missiles. They are guided weapons and are a threat to low-flying aircraft, especially helicopters.
Overview
MANPADS were developed in the 1950s to provide military ...
was supplemented by the newer
Misagh-2
The Misagh-2 (Also known as Mithaq-2) is an Iranian man-portable infrared-guided surface-to-air missile. The Misagh-2 is the successor to the Misagh-1. Like its predecessor, the Misagh-2 is based on Chinese technology, and in particular is beli ...
missile system.
History
The Misagh-1 was reported to be found in anti-government insurgent arms caches in Iraq.
[https://media.nti.org/pdfs/iraq_missile.pdf ] The US military has suggestions that the MANPADs found were smuggled with Iranian assistance.
Design
The Misagh-1 is a variant or reverse-engineered clone of the Chinese
QW-1 Vanguard
The QW-series () are man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) developed by the People's Republic of China.
QW-1
The QW-1 is the initial version. It is likely a copy or derivative of the Soviet 9K38 Igla-1 MANPAD.''Chinese Tactics'' (2021): ...
.
Identification
Visually, the Misagh-1 is virtually indistinguishable from the QW-1 it is cloned from and Pakistan's
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missiles. 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
* : Used by the Iranian military.
* : Said to be supplied to pro-Iranian militias.
Non-State Actors
* Hezbollah
* Anti-government insurgents in Iraq
References
Guided missiles of Iran
Surface-to-air missiles of Iran
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