Abu Mahdi (missile)

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"Martyr Abu-Mahdi" cruise missile
Abu Mahdi missile
Type	Cruise missile[1]
Place of origin	Iran[2][3][4][5]
Service history
In service	20 August 2020
Used by	Iran[6]
Production history
Designer	Aerospace Industries Organization[7]
Produced	25 July 2023[8]
Specifications
Mass	1,650 kg (3,640 lb) with booster
Length	6 m (20 ft)
Diameter	0.55 m (1.8 ft)
Wingspan	3.1 m (10 ft)
Warhead	High Explosive
Warhead weight	410 kg (900 lb)
Engine	Toloue turbojet
Operational range	over 1000 km
Guidance system	Satnav/INS, active and passive radar
Launch platform	fixed and mobile ground launchers, ships, aircraft[9]

Abu Mahdi (Persian: موشک ابومهدی), complete name: "Shahid (Martyr) Abu-Mahdi al-Muhandis missile" (Persian: موشک شهید ابومهدی المهندس), is an Iranian naval cruise missile with a range of over 1000 km.^[10] The missile is named after Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi companion of Qasem Soleimani who was killed in an American airstrike in 2020. It was unveiled on 20 August 2020 simultaneously with the Haj-Qasem missile. The Abu Mahdi missile can be launched by diverse types of platforms, including sea, land and air launchers.^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

Among the most significant features of the Abu-Mahdi missile is its long range.^[16][17] At over 1000 km, the range of the Abu Mahdi is about triple the range of Iran's previously most-capable anti-ship missiles, the 350 km Raad missile and the Qadir missile whose range is 300 kilometres.^[18]

It has been reported (by Tasnim Agency) that this missile is similar to the Hoveyzeh missile in appearance.^[19][20] The engine used in the Abu-Mahdi missile is a Toloue-family (طلوع) turbojet engine, which has a long history of operation in "Karar drones" and cruise missiles of the family of "Noor, Qader and Qadir". On the other hand, possessing the capability to control the thrust of this kind of engine, the type of its wings and having the necessary fuel that is placed in the larger body of the new cruise missile, have made this Iranian missile to be able to fly at different speed ranges.^[21]

• Haj Qasem (missile)
• Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)
• Hoveyzeh (cruise missile)
• Noor (missile)
• Qader (missile)
• Ghadir (missile)
• Nasir (missile)
• Zafar (anti-ship missile)
• Nasr-e Basir