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System Profile

Qiam-1

Class
Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)
Propellant
Liquid (Scud-based)
Operators
Iran; extended-range variants supplied to the Houthis, per DIA

Range

  • Range: 750 km (DIA: range of at least 750 kilometers). Ring drawn from Tehran.
  • Range: 900 km (DIA: Houthi-launched extended-range variants have flown more than 900 kilometers). Ring drawn from Sanaa.
Range rings for Qiam-1750 km: DIA: range of at least 750 kilometers; 900 km from Sanaa: DIA: Houthi-launched extended-range variants have flown more than 900 kilometersIranIraqSaudi ArabiaYemenIsraelLebanonSyriaTurkeyEgyptOmanPakistanAfghanistanQatarUAEKuwaitBahrain900 km from Sanaa: DIA: Houthi-launched extended-range variants have flown more than 900 kilometers750 km: DIA: range of at least 750 kilometersTehranSanaa500 km (approx.)
Ring drawn from Tehran for scale; launchers are mobile. Source: Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran Military Power: Ensuring Regime Survival and Securing Regional Dominance (2019), p. 44. Basemap: Natural Earth (public domain).

Source Text

"The Qiam-1 has a range of at least 750 kilometers ... Tehran has also supplied extended-range Qiam-1 variants to the Huthis in Yemen. These missiles, launched mostly at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, have flown to a range of more than 900 kilometers."

Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran Military Power: Ensuring Regime Survival and Securing Regional Dominance (2019), p. 44.

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Qiam-1," Axis Attacks and Ceasefires, https://attacks.meforum.org/systems/qiam-1/.