Zoobin

Zoobin
Type	Air-to-surface missile
Service history
Used by	Iran
Production history
Manufacturer	Iran
Specifications
Mass	560 kg
Length	3.18 m
Diameter	406 mm
Warhead	340 kg
Engine	Solid rocket engine
Wingspan	1.23 m
Operational range	20 km
Guidance system	TV-homing

Zoobin^[1] (Javelin) is an Iranian TV-guided air-to-surface missile. It is considered to be the first generation of the Iranian PGMs. Developed during the time of Iran–Iraq War, it was a rocket-powered version of American M117 bomb equipped with a TV-seeker. There are four small aerodynamic control surfaces, also in a cruciform pattern, mounted on the motor, which are connected to the guidance unit at the front of the missile via control lines running along the body. The first versions only relied on these four fins but it was found that the missile is too unstable. Thus four larger triangle-shaped fins were attached to the center of the body to provide stability.^[2]

A Zoobin missile at a parade

The guidance unit at the front of the missile contains a daylight TV seeker that is the same one used on Qadr. Zoobin is given a US-style 'AGM' designation (AGM-379/20 Zoobin), though its designers say that this has no greater significance beyond inventory management and parts stocks.^[3]

Both Iranian F-4 Phantoms and F-5 Tigers can be equipped by Zoobin though the latter needs a modification to be able to guide the missile.^[4]

See also[]

• List of military equipment manufactured in Iran
• Current Equipment of the Iranian Army
• List of Iranian Air Force aircraft

External links[]

• Picture
• First variant without the central fins
• Picture

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