Editing Shahab-1

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{{Infobox weapon
| is_missile = yes
| name = Shahab-1
| image =Great Prophet II (47).jpg
| type = [[Tactical ballistic missile|Tactical]] [[SRBM]]
| vehicle_range = 350&nbsp;km<ref>{{Cite web| title=2017 ballistic and cruise missile threat | url=https://www.nasic.af.mil/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=F2VLcKSmCTE%3d&portalid=19 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718062556/http://www.nasic.af.mil:80/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=F2VLcKSmCTE=&portalid=19 | archive-date=2017-07-18}}</ref>
| yield =
| engine =
| guidance = Inertial
| accuracy = approximately 450m [[circular error probable]] (CEP)
| speed =
| length = 10.94 m
| diameter = 0.885 m
| weight = 5,860&nbsp;kg
| filling = 1,000&nbsp;kg
| manufacturer = [[Iran]]
| service = ~1987–2016 (in Iran)<ref>[https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/658451/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4%DA%A9-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8-1-%D9%88-2-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%B4%D8%AF-%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%86-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%81%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7 تولید موشک شهاب ۱ و ۲ متوقف شد/ هیچ‌یک از موفقیت‌های ایران با سازش به دست نیامده‌است] ''Mashregh News''</ref>
}}
The '''Shahab-1''' ({{langx|fa|شهاب ۱|Ŝahāb 1}}, meaning "Meteor-1") was the foundation of the short-range [[Iran]]ian missile program.<ref name="FAS">{{cite web |url=http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/missile/shahab-1.htm |title=SCUD-B Shahab-1 |access-date=30 April 2011}}</ref> During the [[Iran–Iraq War]], Iran purchased [[R-17 Elbrus]] missiles from Libya, Syria and North Korea ([[Hwasong-5]]). It is a close copy of Hwasong-5 (R-17).<ref name="missilethreat.csis.org">{{Cite web|url=https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/shahab-1/|title=Shahab-1 (Scud B-Variant)}}</ref>

Iran began making the Shahab-1 sometime between 1985 and 1988.<ref name="FAS" />  Iran's Shahab-1 is a short-range ballistic missile derived from the Scud-B, and has a maximum range of 300&nbsp;km (185 miles).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shahab 1 – Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance |url=https://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/missile-threat-and-proliferation/todays-missile-threat/iran/shahab-1/ |access-date=2022-08-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Iran employed Shahab 1s extensively during the 1990s and early 2000s against [[Mujahidin-e Khalq]] Organization (MKO) camps in Iraq.<ref name="missilethreat.csis.org"/>

[[File:Shahab-1 engine.jpg|thumb|upright|Shahab-1 engine at a 2012 military exhibition in Tehran]]

==Variants==
Shahab is the name of a class of Iranian missiles, service time of ''c.'' 1987–present,{{When|date=December 2018}} which comes in six variants: Shahab-1, [[Shahab-2]], [[Shahab-3]], [[Shahab-4]], [[Shahab-5]], and [[Shahab-6]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

==Operators==
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*{{SYR}}<ref name="Oryx20">{{cite web |title=Syria's Scientific Studies and Research Center|url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f353d0a2893e4396b9d82b9ba5458d69|website=storymaps.com|date=20 October 2020 |access-date=23 July 2023}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150px" heights="150px" perrow="6" caption="Shahab-1 launch day, 3 July 2012">
File:Shahab-3 Missle by YPA.IR 01 (cropped).jpg|Operational pre-launch
File:Shahab-3 Missle by YPA.IR 02 (cropped).jpg|Lift-off (cropped)
File:Shahab-3 Missle by YPA.IR 02.jpg|Lift-off
File:Shahab-3 Missle by YPA.IR 03 (cropped).jpg|Flight (cropped)
File:Shahab-3 Missle by YPA.IR 01.jpg|Flight
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Military of Iran]]
* [[Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force]]
* [[Defense industry of Iran]]
* [[List of equipment of the Iranian Army]]
* [[Shahab-2]]
* [[Shahab-3]]
* [[Shahab-4]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111223031447/http://www.iranmilitaryforum.net/index.php?topic=2103.0  Iran Military pictures and video]}}

{{Iran Military}}
{{Iran Missiles}}
{{Scud}}

[[Category:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1987]]
[[Category:Medium-range ballistic missiles of Iran]]
[[Category:Surface-to-surface missiles of Iran]]
[[Category:Tactical ballistic missiles of Iran]]
[[Category:Guided missiles of Iran]]
[[Category:Theatre ballistic missiles]]


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