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Chinese Short Range LOMADS
HQ-7 |
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Type |
Surface-to-air missile |
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Place of origin |
People's Republic of China |
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Designer | Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute |
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Mass | 84.5 kg (186 lb) |
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Length | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
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Diameter | 0.156 m (6.1 in) |
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Engine | solid fuel rocket |
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Operational range |
- 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) (slant, fast target)
- 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) (slant, slow target)
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Guidance system |
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Launch platform |
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The HQ-7 (
simplified Chinese: 红旗-7;
traditional Chinese: 紅旗-7;
pinyin: Hóng Qí-7;
lit. 'Red Banner-7';
NATO reporting name: CH-SA-4) is a short-range
surface-to-air missile (SAM) from the
People's Republic of China. It was
reverse-engineered by the
Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute from the French
R-440 Crotale SAM. It entered service in the early 1980s.
A ground battery consists of a short-range radar and three launchers. Each launcher has four or eight missiles.
Variants
- HQ-7A
Original
command-guided version.
- HHQ-7
Naval variant.
- HQ-7B
Improved version.
- FM-80
Export version of the HQ-7A.
- FM-90
Export version of the HQ-7B.
- FM-90N
Naval variant of the FM-90.
Operators
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Algeria
FM-90.
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Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Army: FM-90
- Bangladesh Air Force: FM-90
- Bangladesh Navy: FM-90N and HHQ-7.
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People's Republic of China
HQ-7A, HQ-7B and HHQ-7.
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Iran
FM-80. Produces a mobile version dubbed
Herz-9
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Pakistan
FM-90 and FM-90N.
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Turkmenistan
FM-90.
See also
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Ya Zahra (unlicensed Iranian copy of the system)
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Herz-9 (mobile version of the Ya Zahra system)
References
Sources
- Einhorn, Robert; Sidhu, W.P.S. (March 2017).
The Strategic Chain: Linking Pakistan, India, China, and the United States (PDF) (Report). Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Series.
Brookings Institution.
- Medeiros, Evan S.; Cliff, Roger; Crane, Keith; Mulvenon, James C. (2005).
A New Direction for China's Defense Industry (PDF). RAND Corporation.
ISBN
0-8330-3794-3.
- The International Institute for Strategic Studies (2022). The Military Balance 2022. Routledge.
ISBN
978-1-032-27900-8.
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International Institute for Strategic Studies (2023). Hackett, James (ed.). The Military Balance 2023 (Report).
Routledge.
ISBN
9781032508955.
ISSN
0459-7222.
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Chinese Tactics (PDF). Army Techniques Publication. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Army. 9 August 2021. 7-100.3.