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Surface-to-air missile
HQ-12 is a surface-to-air missile originating in China.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 | 5.644 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 5.644 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 5.644 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 5.644 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Surface-to-air missile
China
2007–present
See § Operators
900 kg (2,000 lb)
5,644 mm (222.2 in)
400 mm (16 in)
1,200 mm (47 in)
100 kg (220 lb)
Impact/proximity
Rocket motor
Solid fuel
5 km (3.1 mi) to 50 km (31 mi)
500 m (1,600 ft) to 25 km (16 mi)
1,200 m/s (3,900 ft/s)
Semi-active radar homing / radio-command guidance
6x6
900 kg (1,984 lbs)
1,200 m/s (2,684 mph, 4,320 km/h)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
HQ-12 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Air Force exact named equipment holdings: HQ-12 (CH-SA-12). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIR DEFENCE / Medium-range. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Air Force exact named equipment holdings of HQ-12 (CH-SA-12). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): AIR DEFENCE / Medium-range. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. Missile-system inventories count launchers or self-propelled launcher systems, not missiles or warheads; no conversion into missile rounds. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.
Reported count for KS-1C. Service scope: Royal Thai Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): total: 2 systems. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.