| Is Missile: | yes |
| Misagh-1 | |
| Origin: | Iran |
| Type: | MANPADS |
| Manufacturer: | Shahid Shah Abhady Industrial Complex |
| Engine: | solid rocket motor |
| Weight: | 16.9 kg |
| Length: | 1.477 m |
| Diameter: | 0.71 m |
| Speed: | 700 m/s (Mach 2.6) |
| Vehicle Range: | 5 km |
| Ceiling: | 4 km |
| Filling: | 1.42 kg |
| Guidance: | Passive infrared homing |
| Detonation: | Impact fuze |
| Launch Platform: | Man portable |
The Misagh-1 (also Mithaq-1[1]) is an Iranian man-portable surface-to-air missile. It was developed by the Shahid Kazemi Industrial Complex in Tehran.[2]
The MANPADS was supplemented by the newer Misagh-2 missile system.
Iran began production of the Misagh-1 in May 1993.[3]
The Misagh-1 was reported to be found in anti-government insurgent arms caches in Iraq.[4] The US military has suggestions that the MANPADs found were smuggled with Iranian assistance.[4]
The Misagh-1 is a variant or reverse-engineered clone of the Chinese QW-1 Vanguard.[2] [5]
Visually, the Misagh-1 is virtually indistinguishable from the QW-1 it is cloned from and Pakistan's Anza missile.[6] It can be distinguished from the QW-1M/Misagh-2 and the QW-18/Misagh-3 by the Misagh-1's straight battery unit.