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The Misagh-3 ( fa, موشک دوش‌پرتاب میثاق-۳) is an Iranian
infrared homing Infrared homing is a passive weapon guidance system which uses the infrared (IR) light emission from a target to track and follow it seamlessly. Missiles which use infrared seeking are often referred to as "heat-seekers" since infrared is radi ...
short range air defense system manufactured by MODAFL of Iran and unveiled in 2017. Misagh-3 is an upgraded version of Misaqh-1 and misagh-2 that were based on the QW-18.


Design

The Misagh-3 has a range of five kilometers and a maximum flight height of 4000 meters with a maximum flight speed of 850 m/s (2.88 Mach) and a 1.4 kilograms of high-explosion warhead. To deal with the thermal disruptor (flare) in helicopters and fighter jets, it' equipped with a 360 degrees laser fuse system. After the MANPAD is fired, a laser radiation source inside the missile spreads the light around 360 degrees; As soon as it approaches the target and reflects the light of the laser light that hits the considered target, the warhead of the missile is activated. Unveiling and opening of the production line Misagh-3
irinn.ir, Retrieved 1 March 2021


References

Post–Cold War weapons of Iran Surface-to-air missiles of Iran Military equipment introduced in the 2010s {{Iran-mil-stub