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{{Short description|Chinese short-range surface-to-air missile}}
{{Infobox Weapon
|is_missile=yes
|name = HQ-7
|image = Bangladesh Air Force FM-90 Crotale SAM (31545368571).jpg
|caption= FM-90 of [[Bangladesh Air Force]]
|type = [[Surface-to-air missile]]
|origin = [[People's Republic of China]]
|designer = Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute
|vehicle_range = *{{convert|8|km}} (slant, fast target){{sfn|United States Department of the Army|2021|p=87}}
*{{convert|15|km}} (slant, slow target){{sfn|United States Department of the Army|2021|p=87}}
|filling = 
|yield = 
|engine = solid fuel rocket
|guidance = *[[command guidance|Command-guided]] version.{{sfn|Medeiros|Cliff|Crane|Mulvenon|2005|p=87}}
*[[Infrared homing]]{{sfn|United States Department of the Army|2021|p=87}}
|accuracy = 
|speed = 
|length = {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|diameter = {{convert|0.156|m|in|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|84.5|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
|manufacturer = 
|unit_cost =
|service = 
|used_by =
|launch_platform= *[[Transporter erector launcher]]{{sfn|United States Department of the Army|2021|p=87}}
*Ship{{sfn|United States Department of the Army|2021|p=87}}
}}

The '''HQ-7''' ({{zh|s=红旗-7|t=紅旗-7|p=Hóng Qí-7|l=Red Banner-7}}; [[NATO reporting name]]: '''CH-SA-4'''){{sfn|IISS|2023|p=239}} is a short-range [[surface-to-air missile]] (SAM) from the [[People's Republic of China]]. It was [[reverse-engineered]] by the [[China Chang Feng|Changfeng Electromechanical Technology Design Institute]] from the French [[Crotale (missile)|R-440 Crotale]] SAM.{{sfn|Medeiros|Cliff|Crane|Mulvenon|2005|p=87}} It entered service in the early 1980s.{{sfn|United States Department of the Army|2021|p=87}}

A ground battery consists of a short-range radar and three launchers. Each launcher has four or eight missiles.{{sfn|United States Department of the Army|2021|p=87}}

==Variants==
[[File:Chinese HQ-7 and Type 79A 100mm turret.jpg|thumb|Eight-missile HHQ-7 launcher on ''[[Type 051B destroyer|Shenzhen]]''.]]
[[File:HHQ-7 launcher and missile.jpg|thumb|right|HHQ-7 launcher (left) and HHQ-7 missile (right) on display at the [[:zh:中国人民解放军海军博物馆|PLA Naval Museum]] in [[Qingdao]].]]
;HQ-7A
Original [[command guidance|command-guided]] version.{{sfn|Medeiros|Cliff|Crane|Mulvenon|2005|p=87}}
;HHQ-7
Naval variant.{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=251}}{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=258}}
;HQ-7B
Improved version.{{sfn|Einhorn|Sidhu|2017|p=54}}
;FM-80
Export version of the HQ-7A.{{sfn|Medeiros|Cliff|Crane|Mulvenon|2005|p=87}}
;FM-90
Export version of the HQ-7B.{{sfn|Einhorn|Sidhu|2017|p=54}}
;FM-90N
Naval variant of the FM-90.{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=250}}{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=298}}

== Operators ==
[[File:HQ-7 operators.png|thumb|400px|Map with HQ-7 operators in blue]]
; {{ALG}}
FM-90.{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=333}}
; {{BGD}}
*Bangladesh Army: FM-90
*Bangladesh Air Force: FM-90
*Bangladesh Navy: FM-90N{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=250}} and HHQ-7.{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=251}}
; {{PRC}}
HQ-7A, HQ-7B{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=257}} and HHQ-7.{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=258}}
; {{IRN}}
FM-80.{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=341}} Produces a mobile version dubbed [[Herz-9 Air Defense System|Herz-9]]
; {{PAK}}
FM-90 and FM-90N.{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=298}}
; {{TKM}}
FM-90.{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2022|p=210}}
== See also ==
* [[Ya Zahra air defense system|Ya Zahra]] (unlicensed Iranian copy of the system)
** [[Herz-9]] (mobile version of the Ya Zahra system)
==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Sources==
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite report |last1=Einhorn |first1=Robert |last2=Sidhu |first2=W.P.S. |date=March 2017 |title=The Strategic Chain: Linking Pakistan, India, China, and the United States |url=https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/acnpi_201703_strategic_chain.pdf |series=Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Series |number=14 |publisher=[[Brookings Institution]] }}
*{{cite book |last1=Medeiros |first1=Evan S. |last2=Cliff |first2=Roger |last3=Crane |first3=Keith |last4=Mulvenon |first4=James C. |date=2005 |title=A New Direction for China's Defense Industry |url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG334.pdf |location= |publisher=RAND Corporation |page= |isbn=0-8330-3794-3}}
*{{Cite book |author=The International Institute for Strategic Studies |title=The Military Balance 2022 |year=2022 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-032-27900-8}}
*{{Cite report |title=The Military Balance 2023 |author=International Institute for Strategic Studies |date=2023 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=9781032508955 |issn=0459-7222 |author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies |ref={{SfnRef|IISS|2023}} |editor-last=Hackett |editor-first=James}}
*{{cite book |publisher=United States Department of the Army |title=Chinese Tactics |url=https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN33195-ATP_7-100.3-000-WEB-1.pdf |series=Army Techniques Publication |id=7-100.3 |location=Washington, D.C. |page= |date=9 August 2021| ref = {{SfnRef|United States Department of the Army|2021}}}}
{{refend}}

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