HQ-7

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)^[3] 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.^[2] It entered service in the early 1980s.^[1]

HQ-7
FM-90 of the Bangladesh Air Force
Type	Surface-to-air missile
Place of origin	People's Republic of China
Production history
Designer	Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute
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	8 kilometres (5.0 mi) (slant, fast target)[1] 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) (slant, slow target)[1]
Guidance system	Command-guided version.[2] Infrared homing[1]
Launch platform	Transporter erector launcher[1] Ship[1]

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.

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

HQ-7A

Original command-guided version.^[2]

HHQ-7

Naval variant.^[4][5]

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

Map with HQ-7 operators in blue

 Algeria

FM-90.^[9]

 Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Army: FM-90
• Bangladesh Air Force: FM-90
• Bangladesh Navy: FM-90N^[7] and HHQ-7.^[4]

 People's Republic of China

HQ-7A, HQ-7B^[10] and HHQ-7.^[5]

 Iran

FM-80.^[11] Produces a mobile version dubbed Herz-9

 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)