Shahab-1

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Shahab-1 (German: Komet-1) is the first short-range missile modified by Iran . It is based on the North Korean Hwasong-5 , which in turn goes back to the Russian R-17 . The Shahab-1 was developed sometime between 1988 and 1994 with support from North Korea . The successor to the Shahab-1 was the Shahab-2 . Currently (as of 2018) Iran is said to have 250 missiles of this type.

Technical specifications

  • Range: 285–330 km
  • Burning time: 62–64 sec.
  • Diameter: 0.885 m
  • Length: 11.2 m
  • Payload: approx. 1,000 kg

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anthony H. Cordesman with the assistance of Nicholas Harrington: The Arab Gulf States and Iran: Military Spending, Modernization, and the Shifting Military Balance, Second Working Draft 12 December 2018. Center for Strategic and International Studies. (PDF file)