27-11-2024 03:00 PM Jerusalem Timing

Iran’s Guards Get Qiam Missiles, Israel Claims are Bound to Hezbollah

Iran’s Guards Get Qiam Missiles, Israel Claims are Bound to Hezbollah

The new missiles are able to hit its targets with high precision and cannot be intercepted by the enemy

Qiam 1, the new domestically-manufactured missiles, were delivered to the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps during a ceremony attended by the defense minister on Sunday, which defense officials said is harder to detect than the older models.

"The mass production of the Qiam missile, the country's first missile sans stabilizer fins, shows the Islamic Republic of Iran's self-sufficiency in producing various types of missiles," IRNA quoted Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi as saying.

He added that Qiam's design reduces the possibility of being detected by enemy anti-missile systems and the omission of its fins has increased the missile's speed. "The missile is able to hit its targets with high precision," he said.

Delivery of the missile system to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which comes on the anniversary of liberation of the Iranian city of Khoramshahr which is celebrated on Tuesday, has already begun, the semi-official Fars news agency said.

"These new missiles enjoy supersonic speed and cannot be tracked or intercepted by the enemy," Mohammed Ali Jafari, commander of the Revolutionary Guards, told reporters earlier this year, Fars said.

The systems, designed and manufactured by Iranian experts, are capable of spotting and destroying different targets at sea.

Israeli defense analysts said the missile is likely intended for delivery to “terror proxies” of the Islamic Republic, like Hezbollah.


Tal Inbar, head of the Space Research Center at the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies, said that the Qiyam was similar to the Scud missile, which has a range of a few hundred kilometers, makes up the backbone of Syria’s arsenal and is “believed to have been transferred to Hezbollah.”

Inbar said that the Qiyam was first launched in 2010, and that footage aired on Iranian television on Sunday showed 10 missiles inside a hanger. The new technology installed inside the missile enables it to fly towards targets without stabilizer fins, but instead with an advanced navigation and guidance system, The Jerusalem Post reported.