Misagh-1

Misagh-1
Misagh-1
	File:IRGC naval execise-2015 (7).jpg Navy of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution commandos and missile boats in Great Prophet IX Maneuver in Persian Gulf.
Type	MANPADS
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	5 km
Flight ceiling	4 km
Maximum speed	700 m/s (2.6 Mach )
Guidance; system	Passive infrared homing
Launch; platform	Man portable

The Misagh 1 (also Mithaq-1, etc.) is an Iranian man-portable surface-to-air missile. It was developed by the Shahid Kazemi Industrial Complex in Tehran. It is a variant or reverse-engineered clone of the Chinese QW-1 Vanguard missile system and is comparable to the Soviet SA-16 Gimlet missile. It is used by Iran and has been exported to Hezbollah in Lebanon and to the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq and to Syria as well.

The MANPADS was supplemented by the newer Misagh-2 missile system.

Identification

Visually, the Misagh-1 is virtually indistinguishable from the QW-1 it is cloned from, other QW-series missiles, the Misagh-2 upgrade, and Pakistan's Anza missiles.^[1]