Iranian Sadid-345 planning bomb: characteristics and capabilities

 

The Sadid-345 planning Iranian bomb

Iran's experience in using Sadid missiles and bombs in the Syrian war has led to the production of a new type of Sadid-class bombs. The Sadid-345 bomb was also presented at the exhibition of achievements of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in 2014. In the Sadid-345 bomb, the front wings have become fixed, and it is designed to provide the maximum lift-to-drag ratio. But the rear wings still fold into the body of the bomb. It should be noted that the only representative of the Sadid family, the technical characteristics of which were officially announced and published at the MAKS-2017 exhibition in Russia, is the Sadid-345 planning bomb.

According to the specifications of Sadid-345, this bomb is suitable for attacking enemy manpower, radar equipment and artillery. This bomb has three types of guidance, one of which is television guidance, the accuracy of which is the lowest, with an accuracy error of 5 meters. To obtain a television-quality image, good weather conditions are needed, and this imposes very large restrictions on the effective use of the bomb. But there is also a type of Sadid-345 bomb with a laser-guided seeker, which has a declared deviation error of 2.5 meters from the target. Laser guidance also loses its effectiveness in dusty and foggy weather conditions. The third type of conventional guidance on this bomb is guidance with an IR seeker, the accuracy is also 2.5 meters, which is a very good indicator. Considering that the Sadid-345 bomb with a thermal imaging seeker can be used in any weather conditions.

The mass of the warhead and the range of the Sadid-345 bomb were not reported. Taking into account the increase in the length of the Sadid-345 by 470 mm and the increase in the weight of the bomb by almost 15 kg, the estimated weight for this bomb can be considered about 20 kg of explosives. It should be noted that in the above calculation, the increase in the weight of the wings is considered equal to the removal of the engine and its fuel consumption. Some sources mention a variant named Sadid-362, which must be the same as Fatah-362, that is, the Sadid-1 missile.

Technical characteristics of the Sadid-345 gliding bomb:

- Weight: 34 kg

- Length: 1630 mm

- Diameter: 152 mm

- Type of warhead: Cumulative

- Objectives: Destroy various moving and stationary targets

- Warhead: BB H6 – fragmentation

- Fuse type: Impact

- Damage radius: 30 meters

- Type of aircraft: UAV

- Accuracy of hitting:

When using the IR seeker, the accuracy of hitting within the target radius is 2.5 x 2.5 meters.

When using a laser seeker, the accuracy of hitting from laser radiation is 2.5 meters.

When using optical GPS in the absence of image processing errors, the accuracy of the radius of damage is 5 meters.