Air Defence Weapons
- Qaem - anti-helicopter, light-weight, laser guided missile
- Misagh-1 - copy of Chinese QW-1 Vanguard with upgrades
- Misagh-2 - copy of Chinese QW-2 Vanguard
- 23mm Anti-Aircraft Gun - Iranian version of ZU-23 which comes in one or two barrel configurations
- Samavat 35mm Anti-Aircraft Guns - Copy of Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon skyguard
- Sa'ir 100mm Anti-Aircraft Guns - Upgraded automatic version of KS-19 100m gun, it can detect and intercept targets automatically through radar or optical systems at low and medium altitude
- Shahab Thaqeb (شهاب ثاقب) - copy of the Chinese HQ-7 (FM-80)
- SM-1 copy of RIM-66 Standard.
- Sayyad-1 / Sayyad-1A - upgraded copy of Chinese HQ-2, Sayyad-1A has IR tracking.
- Sayyad-2 (Hunter II). Upgraded version of the Sayyad-1 system with higher precision, range and defensive power. It is equipped with a 200-kilogram warhead and has a speed of 1,200 meters per second. The Sayyad-1 missile defense system is composed of two-stage missiles that can target all kinds of aircraft, including bombers, at medium and high altitudes.
- Fajr-8 - upgrade of S-200
- Fajr-27 - advanced sea rapid fire cannon
- Fath (victory) - the 40-millimeter naval cannon's range is 12 km and shoots 300 projectiles per minute.
- Mersad - Iran's first advanced air defense system based on the US MIM-23 Hawk. It is capable of hitting modern aircraft flying at low and medium altitudes. The Mersad system is equipped with sophisticated radar signal processing technology, an advanced launcher, and electronic equipment for guidance and target acquisition. Mersad uses domestically manufactured Shahin missiles.
- Mesbah 1 air defense system - can target and destroy fighters, helicopters, cruise missiles and other objects flying at low altitude. Mesbah 1 is equipped with a three-dimensional interception radar and an optical guidance system. Mesbah 1 can fire four thousand rounds per minute.
- Mehrab (altar) - surface-to-air medium-range smart missile. The Mehrab missile is equipped with anti-radar and anti-jamming systems, and if the enemy tries to jam the guidance system of the missile, it immediately identifies the source of the interference and changes its course toward the source and destroys the jammer.
- Raad - Air defence system with range of 50 kilometers and engagement altitude of 25 to 27 kilometers
- Bavar-373 (under development). Iran's corrected version of Russia's S-300 surface-to-air missile system, which uses two or three types of missiles to confront aerial targets in different layers.
- Ya Zahra - Low-altitude mobile air defense system.
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