Qaem electro-optical guided weapon
In a ceremony in Tehran on 06 August 2019, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami unveiled the new homegrown munitions, including the newest generation of Qaem-class bomb, an electro-optical guided weapon with pinpoint accuracy. the minister said the latest generation of Qaem-class bombs is furnished with various types of seekers for detonating targets accurately, with a margin of error of below 50 centimeters.
Hatami said the bomb with pinpoint accuracy could be carried by various types of drones, helicopters and fighter jets, and its main mission is to annihilate the hostile positions and bunkers, soldiers, or mobile targets. Qaem smart bomb has a broad operational range, at an altitude of between 4,000 and 10,000 feet, he added.
Brigadier General Hatami finally noted that Qaem can be equipped with different warheads, including the penetrating and explosive fragmentation ones, is manufactured with various weights, ranges and destructive power, and can be loaded on a broad range of drones, such as the Shahed-129, Hamase and Mohajer-6. Three visisbly different variants were on display in the August 2019 show and tell.
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