The Qaem (or Ghaem; Persian: قائم, lit. 'upright') refers to two completely distinct Iranian weapons: an air-to-ground glide bomb and a surface-to-air missile. These two weapons are similarly sized and identically named, and are both developed from the Toophan missile, but are separate weapon systems.
This is an Iranian SACLOS beam-riding SHORAD surface-to-air missile. With a range of six kilometers and a maximum altitude of two kilometers, the Qaem is intended for use against UAVs and low flying or stationary helicopters. The Qaem is a development of the Toophan missile, itself an unlicensed copy of the American BGM-71 TOW missile, and entered mass production in 2010.
The Qaem anti-aircraft missile uses a laser guidance system. Iran also produces a variant, the Qaem-M, which adds a proximity fuse.
North Korea may operate Qaem-114.
A completely unrelated Iranian munition, but also named "Qaem," is carried by Qods Mohajer-6 UAVs and Hamaseh UAVs.
The Qaem is available in four variants: the Qaem 1, with a suspected infrared seeker; a variant simply named Qaem, with suspected laser guidance; a larger variant named Qaem-5, with TV guidance; and an even larger variant named Qaem-9, also with TV guidance.
The Qaem A2G glide bomb is related to the Sadid-345 glide bomb, but has different wings and size.
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