Shahab-e-Saqeb, () is an Iranian-made low altitude

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 or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-ai ...

which was designed by

Defense industry of Iran Iran's military industry manufactures and exports various types of arms and military equipment. Iran's military industry, under the command of Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran), Iran's Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logis ...

. This air defense missile was designed to engage a range of targets at low altitudes. The Shahab-e-Saqeb uses radio-guidance in the line of sight. It is about 2.9 meters in length, it weighs 84 kilograms and its speed is approximately 740 meters per second. This missile has a range of 10 kilometers against targets travelling at a speed of 300 meters per second and 11 kilometers against helicopters. "Shahab-Saqib" is launched via systems such as " Ya-Zahra and

Herz-9 Herz-9 () is an Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Tu ...

", mobile, short to medium range air defense assets. The Karrar unmanned-aerial jet were recently equipped with this missile in order to engage air targets.Iran Successfully Tests New Homegrown Missile System in Drill
tasnimnews.com, Retrieved 11 January 2021

References

{{Iran Missiles Islamic Republic of Iran Army Surface-to-air missiles of Iran Guided missiles of Iran Post–Cold War weapons of Iran Ballistic missiles of Iran

See also

References