Qaem
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.
Qaem surface-to-air 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]
North Korea may operate Qaem-114.[8]
Qaem air-to-ground bomb
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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
- ↑ Rastrow, A. A. (December 21, 2002). "Rahnama Turkish-English-Persian Dictionary". Alhoda UK – via Google Books.
- ↑ ADAM RAWNSLEY (June 18, 2016). "Iranian TOW Missile Knockoffs Spread to War Zones".
- ↑ Farzin Nadimi (August 17, 2015). "How Iran's Revived Weapons Exports Could Boost Its Proxies". www.washingtoninstitute.org.
- ↑ mashreghnews (15 January 2012). qaem missile, the Iranian solution to the problem of the US.
- ↑ farsnewsws. ""Storm" in sky and earth".
- ↑ "Iran says starts production of two new missiles". The Independent. 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
- ↑ Lyamin, Yuri (20 July 2017). "Иранская экспозиция на МАКС-2017. Часть.1" (in русский).
- ↑ @DefenseIran (July 28, 2023). "تسلیحات آشنا در زیر بالهای پهپاد جدید کره شمالی" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 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.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Jeremy Binnie (August 8, 2019). "Iran holds unveiling event for precision-guided bombs". Jane's Defence Weekly. London.
- ↑ Taghvaee, Babak (February 6, 2018). "Key difference is the size, wings and its guidance system".
