The HQ-7 is a short-range

surface-to-air missile A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...

(SAM) from the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. It was developed 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

; FM-90. ; *Bangladesh Army: FM-90 *Bangladesh Air Force: FM-90 *Bangladesh Navy: FM-90N and HHQ-7. ; HQ-7A, HQ-7B and HHQ-7. ; FM-80. ; FM-90 and FM-90N. ; FM-90.

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* * * * {{Chinese_Missiles Surface-to-air missiles of the People's Republic of China Naval surface-to-air missiles Military equipment introduced in the 1980s