Qaem

The Qaem (or Ghaem) refers to two completely separate Iranian weapons: an air-to-ground glide bomb and a ground-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 ground to air missile
A ground-to-air Qaem missile.

This is an Iranian SACLOS beam-riding SHORAD surface-to-air missile.[1][2] 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. 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.[3][4]

The Qaem anti-aircraft missile uses a laser guidance system.[5] Iran also produces a variant, the Qaem-M, which adds a proximity fuse.[6]

Qaem air to ground bomb
a Qaem air-to-ground munition seen on a Mohajer-6 (UAV).

A completely unrelated Iranian munition, but also named "Qaem," is carried by Qods Mohajer-6 UAVs[7] and Hamaseh UAVs.[8]

The Qaem is available in four variants: the Qaem 1, with a suspected infrared seeker; a variant simply named Qaem, with suspected laser guidance;[7] a larger variant named Qaem-5, with TV guidance; and an even larger variant named Qaem-9, also with TV guidance.[8]

The Qaem A2G glide bomb is related to the Sadid-345 glide bomb, but has different wings and size.[9]

References
  1. ADAM RAWNSLEY (June 18, 2016). "Iranian TOW Missile Knockoffs Spread to War Zones".
  2. Farzin Nadimi (August 17, 2015). "How Iran's Revived Weapons Exports Could Boost Its Proxies". www.washingtoninstitute.org.
  3. mashreghnews. qaem missile, the Iranian solution to the problem of the US.
  4. farsnewsws. ""Storm" in sky and earth".
  5. "Iran says starts production of two new missiles". The Independent. 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  6. Lyamin, Yuri (20 July 2017). "Иранская экспозиция на МАКС-2017. Часть.1" (in Russian).
  7. 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.
  8. Jeremy Binnie (August 8, 2019). "Iran holds unveiling event for precision-guided bombs". Jane's Defence Weekly. London.
  9. Taghvaee, Babak (February 6, 2018). "Key difference is the size, wings and its guidance system".


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