Qadr (munition)

The 9A Qadr is an Iranian air to surface precision-guided munition (PGM). It is Iran's first generation of air-launched bomb. It was developed by the missile-manufacturing companies of the Iranian Ministry of Defence, not the well-established Aerospace Industries Organisation, who build Iran surface-to-surface guided weapons.^[1]

Qadr bomb

The GBU-67/9A Qadr is an unpowered Electro-Optically guided Glide-Bomb (EO GB), built around a 2,000 lb Mk 84 class bomb body. Both the Qadr and the Zoobin have been designed around standard US-pattern general-purpose bomb shapes, from existing IRIAF stocks. Both weapons have also been given US-style `GBU' and `AGM' designations, although the designers say that these numbers have no greater significance beyond inventory management and parts stocks.^[1]

Operators

 Iran

• Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force

See also

• Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
• Defense industry of Iran
• List of equipment of the Iranian Army
• Historical equipment of the Iranian Army