Kowsar

Kowsar (C-701 copy)

Type| Anti-ship missile
Service history
In service| 2006
Production history
Manufacturer| Iran
Specifications
Mass| 100 kg
Length| 2.507 m
Diameter| 0.18 m
Warhead| 29 kg time-delayed semi-armour-piercing high-explosive

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Engine| Solid rocket engine
Wingspan| 0.587 m (unfolded); 0.450 m (folded)

Operational
range

| 15-20 km
Flight altitude| 15-20 m (flight)
Speed| Mach 0.8

Guidance
system

| TV-homing, Infra-red, millimetre radar

Launch
platform

| Ground-based vehicles and Zolfaghar class fast attack craft

Kowsar (Persian: کوثر) is a medium-range, land-based anti-ship missile made by Iran. It can defeat electronic jamming systems and "cannot be thrown off course", according to Iranian officials.[1]

The Kowsar designation apparently (Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance 2006) is used to refer to two different missiles: Iranian-produced versions of the PRC C-701 and the TL-10A.

## Combat history

Some news reports indicate that this was the missile used on July 14, 2006 in the 2006 Lebanon War when Hezbollah fired two at Israeli warships.[2][3] One of the missiles hit the corvette INS Hanit, causing heavy damage and the deaths of four Israeli servicemen.[4] The other missile hit an Egyptian merchant ship causing heavy damage; it is reported that all the crew survived.[5]

## See also

* Military of Iran
* Iranian military industry
* Equipment of the Iranian Army

## References

1. ↑ IRGC test-fires super-modern flying boat
2. ↑ "Hizballah Brings out Iranian Silkworm to Hit Israel Navy Corvette (Iranian-made C-802)". http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1184.
3. ↑ Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Israel turning to Turkey to block Hizbollah arms, Reuters, Aug 17, 2006". http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17649115.htm.
4. ↑ "IDF finds bodies of missing sailors aboard damaged Navy ship". Haaretz.com. 16 July 2006. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/738748.html.
5. ↑ Egypt confirms ship hit off Lebanon, crew safe[|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

* Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance \- "Iran acquires additional Chinese missile technology." Aviation Week & Space Technology. April 10, 2006.
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