Originally posted by bigtoothbrush
chinese HQ-9(FT-2000) is one the most advanced long-range, all-altitude, all-weather surface-to-air missilein the world. its terminal guidance is active radartrack,thus it doesn't need any illuminator for fire control. but it still keepsemi-active radar track function, to increase its anti-jam capability. it also could work under passive mode,as an anti-radiation to destroy AWACS or even ground-basedradars. there areboth ground verion and navy version are in serviceright now.the futureversion may add IR imagingfocal plane arrayfor reinforceterminal guidance.
just needoneActive Phase Array Radar, itcould finish all the information supporting and guidancejobs. while mostcountries'air defencemissiles need 6~8 different radars to do these jobs.
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that's funny post, lol, Russian S-400 is MOST advanced land to air missile, Russia is ahead of other countries in air defence my friend, much more ahead.
S-400 can shoot everything your HQ-9 can shoot and it also can shoot down SCUD and any other short range ballistic missile pr even medium range missiles, can you system do that?
What is the range of your system? 200 km, twice less that S-400, buddy, it is not nearly as good, it is merely a copy of S-300, lol, it uses S-300 launchers and probalby copies of russian missiles, it is NOT the most advanced.
Russia has S-300PMU-2, S-300V, S-400, US has PAC-3, it is also more advanced, although not as long range.
Here, read please:
"The HQ-9 was initially developed to replace the PLA’s bulk of obsolete HQ-2 (Chinese copy of the Soviet/Russian SA-2 Guideline), but the slow progress in the development forced the PLA to purchase the S-300PMU missile from Russia. By the time the HQ-9 was ready for operational deployment in the late 1990s, the missile was already behind foreign air-defence missiles such as U.S. PAC3 and Russian S-300PMU2 in terms of technology and performance. Only a small number of the HQ-9A are being deployed by the PLA for operational trial and evaluations. The naval variant of the HQ-9A is deployed onboard the Type 052C destroyer which was commissioned in 2004."
reference:
http://www.sinodefence.com/army/surfacetoairmissile/hq9.asp
Edited by Russian - 20-May-2006 at 12:24