Mersad (air defense system)

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Mersad is an Iranian short- to medium-range anti-aircraft missile system based on the US MIM-23 HAWK system.

Mersad

Launch device equipped with Shahin missiles
Launch device equipped with Shahin missiles

General Information
Type Surface-to-air guided missile system
Country of origin IranIran Iran
development 2010 – today
Commissioning 2010
Working time in service
Technical specifications
length 503 cm (shalamche)
diameter 35.5 cm (shalamche)
speed Mach 2.4 (Shahin)
Mach 2.7 (Shalamche)
Range 45 km (Shahin)
40 km (Shalamche)
Service ceiling 15,240 m (Shahin)
18,000 m (Shalamche)
Furnishing
Target location Semi-active radar homing
Warhead 74 kg fragmentation warhead
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technology

A Mersad battery includes the Kavosh radar, an improved copy of the AN / MPQ-50 that can identify targets at a distance of 150 km and has friend-foe detection (IFF) . In addition to the Kavosh radar, the Hadi surveillance and target tracking radar is also used. This radar is an improved variant of the AN / MPQ-46 radar , to which an electro-optical sensor system has been added so that in the event of a radar failure, e.g. B. by jammers , there is still the possibility to detect and fight enemy targets. With the Joya radar, which is also part of the Mersad system, targets can be tracked and attacked at low altitudes. The system is also compatible with the Hafez -3D- AESA - fire control radar , which can detect up to 100 targets over a range of 250 km.

The Mersad anti-aircraft missile system is able to identify targets within a radius of 150 km (250 km in combination with the Hafez radar), locate them at a distance of 80 km and combat two targets simultaneously at a distance of 45 km . It should also be able to recognize targets with a radar cross-section of approx. 0.5 m² from a distance of 110 km.

Shahin is the first anti-aircraft missile developed by Iran for the Mersad system. It is a copy of the MIM-23 HAWK system missile . Its successor, the Shalamche rocket, is an improved variant whose speed has been increased from Mach 2.4 to Mach 3. A Shalamche missile weighs 637 kg and has a length of 530 cm.

variants

Mersad

The standard variants of the Mersad system are armed with either Shahin or Shalamche missiles.

Ghader

Ghader is a mobile variant of the Mersad system in which the starting device is usually attached to a Mercedes-Benz LAK 2624 . The system was introduced in 2012.

Mersad-16

In this mobile variant, new types of rockets, which are launched in three rocket launch containers and mounted on a new launch vehicle, are used. Since mounting screws are visible on the top of the rocket launch container, it can be assumed that a total of up to six rocket launch containers can be attached to the launch vehicle. The appearance of the missile used in this variant is very different from the previous missiles of the Hawk and Mersad systems and is more similar to the Sayyad missiles that are used in other Iranian anti-aircraft missile systems , such as the Talash . Presumably, this is new ground-to-air missiles of the type Shalamche-2 . The Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank Missile Threat said the new missiles and launch vehicle will improve the mobility and range of the Mersad system. The Mersad-16 is compatible with the Hafez and Najm-804 radars .

Users

  • Kavosh radar

  • Ghader, the mobile version of the Mersad system

  • Mersad-16 launch vehicle (November 2019)

  • Mersad-16 during an exercise (November 2019)

See also

Individual evidence

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  4. ^ Covering the Skies | Israel Defense. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Iran mass-produces “Hafez” radar system. October 19, 2014, accessed on November 22, 2019 (English).
  6. ↑ a b Sebastien Roblin: Iran Has Lots of Ways to Kill An Air Force (Thanks to Russia and China). October 5, 2019, accessed November 22, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b c L'Iran sort son redoutable système antidrone, antimissile de croisière Mersad-16. Retrieved November 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Shahryar Pas, ideh: Iran's Developing Military Capabilities Part III: Air Defenses Section I. Retrieved November 22, 2019 (American English).
  9. ↑ Mark Pyruz: Sacred Defense Parade 2015 - Tehran. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Iran rolls out another medium-range SAM | Jane's 360. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
  11. ↑ a b گزارش تصویری رزمایش مشترک پدافند هوایی مدافعان آسمان ولایت 98. In: www.aja.ir. Retrieved November 22, 2019 (Persian).
  12. ↑ a b تصاویر / سامانه پدافندی مرصاد. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
  13. ↑ مقابله با موشک‌های کروز در رزمایش مدافعان آسمان ولایت / غرش سامانه موشکی مرصاد و انهدام پهپاد مهاجم. In: www.aja.ir. Retrieved November 22, 2019 (Persian).
  14. ↑ Iran Mersad air defense system fires upgraded version missile شليك موشك بروز شده پدافند هوايي مرصاد. Retrieved November 22, 2019 (German).
  15. ↑ Iran Tests New Mersad Missile System and Basheer Radar. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2019 (American English).