Iran's Akhgar mini cruise missile for UAV and Helicopters

[WinterNights]

This is a project in development, it is a mini air breathing missile with following specifications:

akhgar miniature cruise missile specifications:
weight: 27kg
length: 1.7m
diameter: .13m
warhead: 7kg
engine: jet engine (.181kN) thrust
operational range: 30km
speed: 600km/h
guidance: electro-optical
fuel capacity: 3.5 liter

 

[Khanivore]

Differs from the picture.

Is that a Chinese engine?

 

[WinterNights]

Differs from the picture.

Is that a Chinese engine?

The one in the picture is a different missile called qaased-3.
That one is a much larger air breathing missile:

And no, that's an Iranian mini jet engine.

 

[Kamil_baku]

30km cruise missile or antitank missile?

 

[WinterNights]

30km cruise missile or antitank missile?

It can be used for anti tank roles, but not limited to just that.

 

[Mithridates]

30km cruise missile or antitank missile?

it's something like british SPEAR 3 missile:

 

[WinterNights]

it's something like british SPEAR 3 missile:
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Yes, theirs is 3x heavier than ours and will be better suited for fighter jets. Our one is light and can be used by even relatively small UAV's.

 

[Mithridates]

and israeli delilah cruise missile but much lighter

 

[WinterNights]

View attachment 546395 and israeli delilah cruise missile but much lighter

Making these things smaller is a much bigger feat than these bigger ones, Iran has bigger versions like that qassed-3. I am very impressed by this akhgar missile. Very compact system for our UAV's. It seems the guys at IRIAF can deliver, it's not just the IRGC after all

 

[Mithridates]

Yes, theirs is 3x heavier than ours and will be better suited for fighter jets. Our one is light and can be used by even relatively small UAV's.

i'm wondering is there any possibility to load these on our jets? it would be a great weapon for CAS missions.

 

[WinterNights]

i'm wondering is there any possibility to load these on our jets? it would be a great weapon for CAS missions.

They 100% can, matter of fact we will certainly see them used on CAS jets.

 

[Mithridates]

They 100% can, matter of fact we will certainly see them used on CAS jets.

actually seems like world is moving toward this type of munitions for CAS porpose. like US AGM-179 and AGM-169 or british brimstone and SPEAR. it makes completely sense to replace these missiles with AGM-65 maverick. just imagine we integrate them to our f-5 jets. with two maverick sized bomb an f-5 has a combat radius of 500km while a maverick weights 300kg. lets say we arm them with 6 akhgar. this would save almost 400kg of weight and triple the A2G capability of plane and increase it's combat range to 850 km.