Iran-Backed Terror Group Parades New Anti-Aircraft Missiles in Iraq

Kata’ib Hezbollah with a QW-1 Capture via Federation of American Scientists - source WIB

March 19, 2015 by ADAM RAWNSLEY - WIB

Iraq’s airspace just got more dangerous

An Iranian-backed proxy group in Iraq released a video on Sunday showing its fighters in possession QW-1M man-portable air-defense missiles, marking the introduction of one of the more sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons seen in more than a decade of conflict in Iraq. The video, released by the Shiite terrorist group Kata’ib Hezbollah, shows fighters parading with the missile. In one scene, the camera zooms in on the launch tube to reveal its QW-1M markings. China’s Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation manufactures the QW-1M, and the missile launcher first appeared in 2002 at the China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition. But responsibility for its introduction into Iraq likely lies with Iran.

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