HQ-11

HQ-11 in Zhuhai airshow 2024

HQ-11, export designation FM-3000, ^{[1] [2] [3]} is a mobile short-to-medium range combined air defense missile and gun system designed for terminal air defense. Designated as the "universal terminal defence system" in Zhuhai Airshow 2022. ^[4] The export version, FM-3000, was unveiled by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) in 2014. ^[5]

Description

The HQ-11 terminal defense system consists of a missile launcher vehicle, LD-3000 (Type 1130) close-in weapon system and a radar surveillance vehicle. The carrier vehicle of the missile launcher is an 8×8 wheeled transporter erector launcher (TEL), which is fitted with eight square canisters as vertical launch cells. ^{[4] [6]}

The engagement range is 30 kilometres (19 mi) against aircraft and 20 kilometres (12 mi) against missiles. Each air defense battery has a rotating rotary phased-array radar and four launch vehicles and can handle 32 different targets simultaneously. ^{[7] [8]} Guidance system for the missile included inertial guidance, command guidance, and terminal active radar homing. ^{[9] [5]}

The HQ-11 is meant to replace HQ-6A air defense system with better target engagement capability, as the latter is not armed for increased threats from missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles on the battlefield. The HQ-6A system has three vehicles: a canted 4-cell launcher vehicle with HQ-6D missiles, a close-in weapon system (CIWS) vehicle with a 6-barrel LD-2000 anti-air gun, and a search vehicle with mechanical radars. The HQ-11 system reduced the formation to two vehicles; the primary vehicle combines a more responsive 8-cell vertical launch system with onboard active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and air surveillance control room, and the secondary vehicle is equipped with an 11-barrel LD-3000 CIWS gun. ^[10] Both components of the HQ-11 is mounted on the Taian 5450B chassis. ^[3]

Variants

HQ-11

Domestic version, combining eight vertical-launched FM-3000 missiles with LD-3000 CIWS. ^{[4] [3]}

FM-3000

Export version, first unveiled at Zhuhai Airshow 2014. ^[5]

FM-3000N

Navalized export version, first unveiled at Zhuhai Airshow 2014. ^[11] Can be quad-packed in the Chinese naval vertical launch system cell. ^[12]

See also

• HQ-6

References

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