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

Eight-missile HHQ-7 launcher on Shenzhen.
HHQ-7 launcher (left) and HHQ-7 missile (right) on display at the PLA Naval Museum in Qingdao.

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

Map with HQ-7 operators in blue

Algeria

FM-90.

Bangladesh

  • Bangladesh Army: FM-90
  • Bangladesh Air Force: FM-90
  • Bangladesh Navy: FM-90N and HHQ-7.

China

HQ-7A, HQ-7B and HHQ-7.

Iran

FM-80. Produces a mobile version dubbed Herz-9

Pakistan

FM-90 and FM-90N.

Turkmenistan

FM-90.

See also

  • Ya Zahra (unlicensed Iranian copy of the system) Herz-9 (mobile version of the Ya Zahra system)

Sources

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