Subordinate to: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
Other Name: Qum
Location: Latitude 34° 39' North; longitude 50° 53' East; 125km South of Tehran; province of Tehran
Primary Function: Missile test site.
Description and Activities:
The facility of Qom is located 125km south of Tehran in the province of Tehran. The facility is a test site for the Iranian missile program. In 1991, Iran successfully tested a Shehab 2 from this facility; it landed 500km away near Sharoud. Qom was supposed to test the Shehab 3 in 1993; there is no indication that this test ever took place.
On 11 November 1999, the IRGC tested the Sayyad 1 anti-aircraft missile.
Key Sources: Joseph S. Bermudez, Jr., "A History of Ballistic Missile Development in the DPRK," Occasional Paper No. 2, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, November 1999, p. 18; "CNS Resources on North Korea's Ballistic Missile Program: Overview of North Korea's Ballistic Missile Program," <http://cns.miis.edu/research/korea/overview.htm>; "Iran's Revolutionary Guard to test a new missile," <http://www.iran-e-sabz.org/news/weapons2.htm>.
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