Mehrab (missile)
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Mehrab () or Altar is an Iranian-designed, short or mid-range
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 ...
(SAM) based on the
Sayyad-2 Sayyad (, Hunter) is a series of solid-fuel missile, solid fuel surface-to-air missiles (SAM) manufactured by Iran. Sayyad-1 Sayyad-1 is an Iranian variant of the Chinese HQ-2 SAM using some domestic components. Sayyad-2 The Sayyad-2 is a ...
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Design

According to IRGC officials speaking to Iranian state-media sources, the missile contains "a built-in system that enables it to thwart jammers". The missile was tested fired reportedly between December 2011 and January 2012.


References

{{Weapons of Iran Surface-to-air missiles of Iran Naval surface-to-air missiles Post–Cold War weapons of Iran