Shahab-1

Shahab-1
Shahab-1
Type	Tactical SRBM
Service history
In service	~1987–2016 (in Iran)
Production history
Manufacturer	Iran
Specifications
Mass	5,860 kg
Length	10.94 m
Diameter	0.885 m
Warhead	1,000 kg
Operational; range	350 km
Guidance; system	Inertial
Accuracy	approximately 450m circular error probable (CEP)

The Shahab-1 (Persian: شهاب ۱, romanized: Ŝahāb 1, meaning "Meteor-1") was the foundation of the short-range Iranian missile program.^[3] During the Iran–Iraq War, Iran purchased R-17 Elbrus missiles (also known as the Scud-B) from Libya, Syria and North Korea (Hwasong-5). It is a close copy of Hwasong-5 (R-17).^[4]

Iran began making the Shahab-1 sometime between 1985 and 1988.^[3] It is a short-range ballistic missile derived from the Scud-B, and has a maximum range of 300 km (185 miles).^[5]

Iran employed Shahab-1s extensively during the 1990s and early 2000s against the Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) camps in Iraq.^[4]

Shahab-1 engine at a 2012 military exhibition in Tehran

Variants

Shahab is the name of a class of Iranian missiles, service time of c. 1987–present,^[when?] which comes in six variants: Shahab-1, Shahab-2, Shahab-3, Shahab-4, Shahab-5, and Shahab-6.^{[citation needed]}