Saegheh
The Saegheh ("Lightning" or "Thunder" in Persian) (also spelled Saegre, Saeghe, Saeqeh, etc.) is any of at least eight completely separate Iranian weapons systems: a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) warhead, an anti-tank guided missile family, a surface-to-surface rocket, a target drone family, an air-to-air missile, a claimed stealth unmanned aerial vehicle, a fighter jet, and an anti-ship cruise missile.
History
The first system, the Saeghe 1, is an Iranian reverse-engineered clone of the American
Despite being essentially obsolete, Saegheh anti-tank guided missiles have been exported to Syria, Hezbollah,[6] and Shia militias in Iraq. The Saeghe 1 and Saeghe 2 were in production and service as of 2011, though they were not widely deployed.[7] The Saeghe ATGM is extremely hard to aim and in Iranian service it appears to be limited to IRGC and rapid response forces.[8]
In 2006, Iran tested a completely unrelated short-range surface-to-surface missile[9] that is also named Saegheh. It has a range of 80 to 250 kilometres (50 to 155 mi).[9]
Other Saegheh name designations
Under the Saegheh name, Iran has also built a
The semi-official
The Saegheh name is further reused for the HESA Saeqeh, a low production jet fighter, and for the Saeghe anti-ship cruise missile.[14]
References
- ^ People's Daily Online Iran Successfully Test-fires Anti-Armor Missile
- ^ Pavland News Iran test-fires anti-armor missile - July 31, 2001
- ^ "Middle East Newsline -". www.menewsline.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ a b c "10 نوع موشک ضدزره ایران از توفان تا دهلاویه + عکس". 14 July 2012.
- ^ "Иранские ПТУР Saeghe 2 и Saeghe 4 в Ираке". 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Common ATGMs in the Syrian Civil War". Medium. 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018.
- ^ Galen Wright, Iranian Military Capability 2011 - Ground Forces - March 15th 2011
- ^ Lyamin, Yuri (5 October 2012). "Легкое противотанковое вооружение Ирана. Часть 1" (in Russian).
- ^ "NTI: Country Overviews: Iran: Missile Chronology". www.nti.org. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ http://www.mindexcenter.ir/product/saeghe-2-aerial-target-system
- ^ "Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) / Saeqeh-80 / Azarakhsh-2". Global Security.
- ^ "Iran builds attack drone similar to captured US model, local media say". The Guardian. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "Saeqeh / Ahoya / AHWA - HY-2 C201 Silkworm/Seersucker".
External links
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