Saegheh

The Saegheh ("Lightning" in Persian) or "Saeqeh-1" and "Saeqeh-2" is a short-range surface-to-surface missile developed indigenously by Iran. It has a range of between 65 m and 1000 m. It has been described as an "anti-armor missile". Saeghe-1 weights 6.1 kg and can penetrate in armors up to 500 mm. Also the 7.4 kg Saeghe-2 missile can penetrate up to 760 mm in armor with the aid of its tandem warhead. These two missiles look like American Dragon anti armor missile.

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HESA Saeqeh

Saeqeh (Persian: صاعقه‎‎, "thunderbolt"), alternatively spelt Sa'eqeh; Saegheh, or Saeqeh-80, is an Iranian built single-seat jet fighter, derived from the American Northrop F-5. A joint product of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force and the Iranian Ministry of Defense, it is the second generation of the Iranian Azarakhsh fighter. Saeqeh aircraft were tested successfully in Iran 20 September 2007.

Design and development

The first prototype of the jet was shown on state television making a test flight in July 2004. According to the translation by the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) of a broadcast on Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN), the Saeqeh became operational on September 6, 2006, when it participated in an Iranian military wargame exercise called "Blow of Zulfiqar". In that exercise, which began on August 19, 2006, the new fighter carried out actions described as "a mission to bomb virtual enemy targets", and "a mock bombing mission". Two prototypes, which appeared to differ from the one that had been shown previously, conducted a fly-past at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport on 20 September 2007. Three prototypes took part in a military parade on 22 September 2007.

Saegheh (rocket)

The Saegheh 40 mm anti-personnel rocket was developed to extend the utility of the RPG-7 portable rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in service with the Iranian forces. It replaces the standard 30 mm warhead with a high-explosive 80 mm tandem HEAT warhead.

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