Qaem

Qaem

Qaem

Iranian surface-to-air missile and glide bomb


The Qaem (or Ghaem; Persian: قائم, lit.'upright')[1] refers to two completely distinct Iranian weapons: an air-to-ground glide bomb and a surface-to-air missile. These two weapons are similarly sized and identically named, and are both developed from the Toophan missile, but are separate weapon systems.

A surface-to-air Qaem missile.

Qaem surface-to-air missile

Qaem-114 missile

This is an Iranian SACLOS beam-riding SHORAD surface-to-air missile.[2][3] With a range of six kilometers and a maximum altitude of two kilometers, the Qaem is intended for use against UAVs and low flying or stationary helicopters.[citation needed] The Qaem is a development of the Toophan missile, itself an unlicensed copy of the American BGM-71 TOW missile, and entered mass production in 2010.[4][5]

The Qaem anti-aircraft missile uses a laser guidance system.[6] Iran also produces a variant, the Qaem-M, which adds a proximity fuse.[7]

  • Ghaem-114 toophan missile comparable of AGM-114

North Korea may operate Qaem-114.[8]

Qaem air-to-ground bomb

a Qaem air-to-ground munition seen at an arms expo.

A completely unrelated Iranian munition, but also named "Qaem," is carried by Qods Mohajer-6 UAVs[9] and Hamaseh UAVs.[10]

The Qaem is available in four variants: the Qaem 1, with a suspected infrared seeker; a variant simply named Qaem, with suspected laser guidance;[9] a larger variant named Qaem-5, with TV guidance; and an even larger variant named Qaem-9, also with TV guidance.[10]

The Qaem A2G glide bomb is related to the Sadid-345 glide bomb, but has different wings and size.[11]


References

  1. Rastrow, A. A. (December 21, 2002). "Rahnama Turkish-English-Persian Dictionary". Alhoda UK via Google Books.
  2. Farzin Nadimi (August 17, 2015). "How Iran's Revived Weapons Exports Could Boost Its Proxies". www.washingtoninstitute.org.
  3. "Iran says starts production of two new missiles". The Independent. 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  4. Binnie, Jeremy (February 7, 2018). "Iran's Mohajer 6 armed UAV goes into production". Jane's Information Group. Video footage was also released showing a Mohajer 6 using a Qaem 1 to accurately hit a target that was floating in the sea, apparently in the Indian Ocean off Konarak.
  5. Jeremy Binnie (August 8, 2019). "Iran holds unveiling event for precision-guided bombs". Jane's Defence Weekly. London.

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