Qaem

The Qaem (or Ghaem) refers to two completely separate Iranian weapons: an air-to-ground glide bomb and a ground-to-air missile. These two weapons are similarly sized and identically named, and are both developed from the Toophan missile, but are separate weapon systems.

Qaem ground to air missile[]

A ground-to-air Qaem missile.

This is an Iranian SACLOS beam-riding SHORAD surface-to-air missile.^[1][2] With a range of six kilometers and a maximum altitude of two kilometers, the Qaem is intended for use against UAVs and low flying or stationary helicopters.^{[citation needed]} The Qaem is a development of the Toophan missile, itself an unlicensed copy of the American BGM-71 TOW missile, and entered mass production in 2010.^[3][4]

The Qaem anti-aircraft missile uses a laser guidance system.^[5] Iran also produces a variant, the Qaem-M, which adds a proximity fuse.^[6]

• toophan missile comparable of AGM-114

Qaem air to ground bomb[]

a Qaem air-to-ground munition seen on a Mohajer-6 (UAV).

A completely unrelated Iranian munition, but also named "Qaem," is carried by Qods Mohajer-6 UAVs^[7] and Hamaseh UAVs.^[8]

The Qaem is available in four variants: the Qaem 1, with a suspected infrared seeker; a variant simply named Qaem, with suspected laser guidance;^[7] a larger variant named Qaem-5, with TV guidance; and an even larger variant named Qaem-9, also with TV guidance.^[8]

The Qaem A2G glide bomb is related to the Sadid-345 glide bomb, but has different wings and size.^[9]

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