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
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)