Engineering:HQ-7
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Short description: Chinese Short Range LOMADS
| HQ-7 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) FM-90 of Bangladesh Air Force | |
| Type | Surface-to-air missile |
| Place of origin | People's Republic of China |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 84.5 kg (186 lb) |
| Length | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Diameter | 0.156 m (6.1 in) |
| Engine | solid fuel rocket |
Operational range | |
Guidance system |
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Launch platform | |
The HQ-7 (simplified Chinese: 红旗-7; traditional Chinese: 紅旗-7; pinyin: Hóng Qí-7; literally: 'Red Banner-7'; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-4)[3] is a short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) from the People's Republic of China. It was developed by the Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute from the French R-440 Crotale SAM.[2] It entered service in the early 1980s.[1]
A ground battery consists of a short-range radar and three launchers. Each launcher has four or eight missiles.[1]
Variants
- HQ-7A
Original command-guided version.[2]
- HHQ-7
- HQ-7B
Improved version.[6]
- FM-80
Export version of the HQ-7A.[2]
- FM-90
Export version of the HQ-7B.[6]
- FM-90N
Naval variant of the FM-90.[7][8]
Operators
Algeria
FM-90.[9]
Bangladesh
People's Republic of China
HQ-7A, HQ-7B[10] and HHQ-7.[5]
Iran
FM-80.[11]
Pakistan
FM-90 and FM-90N.[8]
Turkmenistan
FM-90.[12]
See also
- Ya Zahra (unlicensed Iranian copy of the system)
- Herz-9 (mobile version of the Ya Zahra system)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 United States Department of the Army 2021, p. 87.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Medeiros et al. 2005, p. 87.
- ↑ IISS 2023, p. 239.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 251.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 258.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Einhorn & Sidhu 2017, p. 54.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 250.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 298.
- ↑ The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 333.
- ↑ The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 257.
- ↑ The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 341.
- ↑ The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 210.
Sources
- Einhorn, Robert; Sidhu, W.P.S. (March 2017). The Strategic Chain: Linking Pakistan, India, China, and the United States (Report). Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Series. Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/acnpi_201703_strategic_chain.pdf.
- Medeiros, Evan S.; Cliff, Roger; Crane, Keith; Mulvenon, James C. (2005). A New Direction for China's Defense Industry. RAND Corporation. ISBN 0-8330-3794-3. https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG334.pdf.
- The International Institute for Strategic Studies (2022). The Military Balance 2022. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-032-27900-8.
- International Institute for Strategic Studies (2023). Hackett, James. ed. The Military Balance 2023 (Report). Routledge. ISBN 9781032508955. ISSN 0459-7222.
- Chinese Tactics. Army Techniques Publication. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Army. 9 August 2021. 7-100.3. https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN33195-ATP_7-100.3-000-WEB-1.pdf.
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