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{{short description|Iranian portable surface-to-air missile}}
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{{Infobox weapon
|is_missile      = yes
|name            = Misagh-1
|image           =File:Iran Ministry of Defense Achievements Exhibition 2022 (05).jpg
|caption         = Misagh-1 on right (note vertical battery unit).
|origin          = Iran<ref>[https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/8707462 Introducing Iran's "Misagh" missile defense system + video معرفی سامانه پدافندی دوش پرتاب "میثاق" ایران + فیلم] Yjc </ref><ref>[https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/241689/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B4-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D9%88-RBS The Misagh launch vehicle, a powerful competitor to the Stinger and RBS دوش‌پرتاب‌ میثاق رقیب قدرتمند استینگر و RBS] Hamshahri Online</ref><ref>[https://armyrecognition.com/military-products/army/air-defense-systems/man-portable-air-defense-systems/misagh-1-iran-uk Misagh-1] Army Recognition Group</ref><ref>[https://www.mashreghnews.ir/photo/1154119/%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B4-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A2%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF Get to know the Misagh Throwing Shower با دوش پرتاب میثاق آشنا شوید] Mashregh News </ref><ref>[https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/1278811/%D9%87%D9%85%D9%87-%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B4-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%87%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85 All about shoulder-launched weapons; Missiles Misagh-1, Misagh-2, and Misagh-3 همه چیز درباره سلاح های دوش پرتاب؛ موشک‌های میثاق-۱ و میثاق-۲ و میثاق -۳] Tabnak</ref>
|type            = [[Man-portable air-defense systems|MANPADS]]
|used_by         = 
|manufacturer    = [[Shahid Shah Abhady Industrial Complex]]
|unit_cost       = 
|production_date = 
|service         = 
|engine          = solid rocket motor
|weight          = 16.9 kg
|length          = 1.477 m
|diameter        = 0.71 m
|wingspan        = 
|speed           = 700 m/s (Mach 2.6)
|vehicle_range   = 6 km
|ceiling         = 5 km
|altitude        = 
|filling         = 1.42 kg
|guidance        = Passive infrared homing
|detonation      = Impact fuze
|launch_platform = Man portable
}}

The '''Misagh-1''' (also '''Mithaq-1'''<ref name="Shipment">{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jdw/jdw060807_1_n.shtml |title=Iran answers Hizbullah call for SAM systems |website=www.janes.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821213944/http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jdw/jdw060807_1_n.shtml |archive-date=21 August 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>)  is an Iranian<ref>[https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/8707462/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B4-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85 Introducing Iran's "Misagh" missile defense system + video معرفی سامانه پدافندی دوش پرتاب "میثاق" ایران + فیلم] Yjc </ref><ref>[https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/241689/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B4-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D9%88-RBS The Misagh launch vehicle, a powerful competitor to the Stinger and RBS دوش‌پرتاب‌ میثاق رقیب قدرتمند استینگر و RBS] Hamshahri Online</ref> man-portable [[surface-to-air missile]]. It was developed by the Shahid Kazemi Industrial Complex in [[Tehran]].<ref name="AR">{{Cite web|url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/iran_iranian_army_missile_systems_vehicles_uk/misagh-1_man_portable_air_defence_missile_system_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures.html|title=Misagh-1 man portable air defence missile system technical data sheet specifications pictures &#124; Iran Iranian army missile systems vehicles UK &#124; Iran Iranian army military equipment armoured UK|date=5 January 2012|access-date=18 June 2021|archive-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606121141/https://www.armyrecognition.com/iran_iranian_army_missile_systems_vehicles_uk/misagh-1_man_portable_air_defence_missile_system_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Man-portable air-defense systems|MANPADS]] was supplemented by the newer [[Misagh-2]] missile system.

==History==
Iran began production of the Misagh-1 in May 1993.<ref>https://www.nti.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/iran_missile.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}</ref>

The Misagh-1 was reported to be found in anti-government insurgent arms caches in Iraq.<ref name="NTI">https://media.nti.org/pdfs/iraq_missile.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The US military has suggestions that the MANPADs found were smuggled with Iranian assistance.<ref name="NTI"/>

==Design==
The Misagh-1 is a variant or reverse-engineered clone of the Chinese [[QW-1 Vanguard]].<ref name="AR"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://missilethreat.csis.org/country/hezbollahs-rocket-arsenal/|title = Missiles and Rockets of Hezbollah}}</ref>

== Identification ==
Visually, the Misagh-1 is virtually indistinguishable from the QW-1 it is cloned from and Pakistan's [[Anza (missile)|Anza]] missile.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2016/03/18/new-manpads-variant-appears-syria/|title = A New MANPADS Variant Appears in Syria|date = 18 March 2016}}</ref> It can be distinguished from the QW-1M/Misagh-2 and the QW-18/Misagh-3 by the Misagh-1's straight battery unit.

== Operators ==
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* {{flag|Iran}}: Used by the Iranian military.<ref>https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/legacy_files/files/publication/141007_Iran_Rocket_Missile_forces.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/YB07%20623%2014A.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
* {{flag|Syria}}: Supplied to the [[Syrian Army]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/what-iran-might-sell-now-that-the-un-arms-embargo-expired/|title = What Iran might sell now that the UN arms embargo expired|date = 21 October 2020}}</ref>

===Non-State Actors===
* [[Hezbollah]]<ref name="Shipment"/>
* Anti-government insurgents in Iraq<ref name="NTI"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Surface-to-air missiles of Iran]]
[[Category:Surface-to-air missiles]]
[[Category:Weapons of Iran]]
[[Category:Military equipment of Iran]]

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