Misagh-2

Iranian man-portable surface-to-air missile

Maximum speed 850 m/s (2.8 Mach) max^[1]

Guidance
system

IR Fire and Forget

Launch
platform

Man portable

The Misagh-2 (Also known as Mithaq-2^[2]) is an Iranian man-portable infrared-guided surface-to-air missile. The Misagh-2 is the successor to the Misagh-1. Like its predecessor, the Misagh-2 is based on Chinese technology,^[3] and in particular is believed to be an Iranian copy of the Chinese QW-1M MANPADS.^[4]

It is roughly comparable to the Soviet SA-18 Grouse missiles.^[5]

History

Iran's defense minister launched the domestic mass production of the Misagh-2 on 5 February 2006; it is manufactured at the Shahid Shah Abhady Industrial Complex.^[6]

Design

When fired, the Misagh-2 destroys its target within 5 second and has an operation temperature of -40 °C to +60 °C. The missile speed reaches 2.7+ Mach when it approaches its target.^[7]^[8]^[1]

The battery unit of the Misagh-2 is parallel to the launch tube, while the battery unit of the Misagh-1 is perpendicular. However, it is generally not possible to distinguish the Misagh-2 from the QW-1M, the QW-18, or the Misagh-3.^[9]

Operators

Iran^[10]
Libya, Government of National Accord Affiliated Forces, probably supplied via Turkey.^[11]
Syria^[12]

Non-State Actors

Houthis^[13]

References

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^ Iranian Military Capability 2011: 3. SHORAD – Short Range Air Defense. (January 2011)
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^ "دوش‌پرتاب‌ "میثاق" رقیب قدرتمند استینگر و RBS/ انهدام اهداف متحرک در ۸ ثانیه". خبرگزاری تسنیم - Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 29 September 2017.
^ FarhangNews.ir (19 December 2013). "نگرانی از توان موشک‌های دوش‌پرتاب ایرانی+ تصاویر" (in Persian). Retrieved 29 September 2017.
^ Yuri Lyamin [@imp_navigator] (17 March 2021). "Thanx Oryx for thread on mistakes in last rep of the UN Panel of expers on Libya" (Tweet) – via Twitter. And also see https://imp-navigator.livejournal (dot) com/325141.html
^ "Iran Daily - National - 02/07/06". www.iran-daily.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ Majumdar Roy Choudhur; Alia Aoun; Dina Badawy; Luis Antonio de Alburquerque Bacardit; Yassine Marjane; Adrian Wilkinson (8 March 2021). "Letter dated 8 March 2021 from the Panel of Experts on Libya established pursuant to resolution 1973 (2011) addressed to the President of the Security Council".
^ "What Iran might sell now that the UN arms embargo expired". 21 October 2020.
^ Seth G. Jones (2019). "War by Proxy: Iran's Growing Footprint in the Middle East" (PDF).