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Air defencelate 1980s – present
air-to-air & surface-to-air missiles
HQ-6 is a air-to-air & surface-to-air missiles originating in China. It was built by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology. Reported operators include Primary user: China See Operators section for others.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 3.69 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 3.69 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 3.69 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
air-to-air & surface-to-air missiles
China
late 1980s – present
Primary user: China See Operators section for others
Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology
since late 1980s
220 kg
3.69 meter
203 mm
33 kg warhead
impact / proximity
rocket motor
solid fuel
18 km for SAM, 60 km for AAM
Mach 3
SARH / ARH
Air & surface
China
Ethiopia
Morocco
Sudan
Pakistan
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
HQ-6 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ChinaArmy exact named equipment holdings: HQ-6D (CH-SA-6). 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 / Short-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: HQ-6D (CH-SA-6). 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 / Short-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.
Reported count for HQ-6D. Service scope: People's Liberation Army Ground Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 30. Origin: China. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Ethiopia
Morocco
Pakistan
SudanPrimary user: China See Operators section for others
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