The HQ-22  (Red Banner-22) SAM battalion is a semi-mobile, medium/long range air defense unit using a semi-active radar homing / radio-command guidance.  It may be used for theater air defense.


DETAILS:  The HQ-22 system is intended to complement the HQ-9/9B system and replace the obsolete HQ-2. The HQ-22 battery consists of 1 radar vehicle using the G band H-200 illumination/fire control radar and 3 TELs with 4 missiles each.  A battery can engage 6 targets and can control up to 12 missiles simultaneously. The system is capable of engaging cruise missiles, short ranged ballistic missiles, and all manner of aircraft including bombers and drones. The HQ-22 system is reportedly designed to withstand to electronic countermeasures and operate in heavy jamming environments.

The HQ-22 missile uses command guidance and semi-active radar guidance with a dual guidance system. When firing at targets within 75 kilometers, it uses a command guidance system. The reason for adopting such a design is mainly to reduce the cost, so that it can be "downward compatible" to command the HQ-2 SAM.

The missiles are equipped with a semi-active radar CNS complemented by a two-way radio command line for data transmission. The flight is controlled by a combined guidance system. At the initial stage of flight (up to 75 km) is conducted using radio command guidance.  Subsequent guidance uses TVM (Track-via-missile ). This dual guidance scheme reduces the sensitivity of the system to various electronic countermeasures.

The system is intended to be compatible with the HQ-2.  
 
    

Specifications:

Maximum Acquisition Range: 	110 nm (H-200)
Maximum Tracking Range:		?? nm (H-200)
Engagement Envelope:		164-88,583 ft; 50-27,000m (altitude),  2.6-92 nm (5-170km) range
Max Target Speed: 		?? knts (head on), ?? knts (receding)
Reload Time:			?? minutes
Mobility:			semi mobile
Emplacement/Displacement:	?? minutes.  


NOTES:  IOC: 2017.  Intended to replace the HQ-2. Export version is the FK-3. Other users include Serbia and possibly Myanmar, Thailand, Turkmenistan.



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