HQ-7

The HQ-7 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]

HQ-7
FM-90 of Bangladesh Air Force
TypeSurface-to-air missile
Place of originPeople's Republic of China
Specifications
Operational
range
  • 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) (slant, fast target)[1]
  • 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) (slant, slow target)[1]
Guidance
system
Launch
platform

A ground battery consists of a short-range radar and three launchers. Each launcher has four or eight missiles.[1]

Variants
Eight-missile HHQ-7 launcher on Shenzhen.
HQ-7A

Original command-guided version.[2]

HHQ-7

Naval variant.[3][4]

HQ-7B

Improved version.[5]

FM-80

Export version of the HQ-7A.[2]

FM-90

Export version of the HQ-7B.[5]

FM-90N

Naval variant of the FM-90.[6][7]

Operators
Map with HQ-7 operators in blue
 Algeria

FM-90.[8]

 Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Army: FM-90
  • Bangladesh Air Force: FM-90
  • Bangladesh Navy: FM-90N[6] and HHQ-7.[3]
 People's Republic of China

HQ-7A, HQ-7B[9] and HHQ-7.[4]

 Iran

FM-80.[10]

 Pakistan

FM-90 and FM-90N.[7]

 Turkmenistan

FM-90.[11]

References
  1. United States Department of the Army 2021, p. 87.
  2. Medeiros, Cliff & Crane 2005, p. 87.
  3. The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 251.
  4. The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 258.
  5. Einhorn & Sidhu 2017, p. 54.
  6. The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 250.
  7. The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 298.
  8. The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 333.
  9. The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 257.
  10. The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2022, p. 341.
  11. 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 (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.
  • United States Department of the Army (9 August 2021). Chinese Tactics (PDF). Army Techniques Publication. Washington, D.C. 7-100.3.
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