{"id":58003,"date":"2025-08-04T12:24:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=58003"},"modified":"2025-08-04T16:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:53:20","slug":"hq-16-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hq-16-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"HQ-16 Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>HQ-16 Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States military publicly unveiled a mockup of a Chinese HQ-16 surface-to-air missile system, drawing attention at this year\u2019s Experimental Aircraft Association \u2018AirVenture Show\u2019 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About HQ-16 Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The HQ-16, known by its N<\/span><b>ATO designation CH-SA 16,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> system <\/span><b>developed by China<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and based heavily on Russia\u2019s Buk missile family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to engage enemy aircraft, cruise missiles, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>HQ-16 Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HQ-16 features a <\/span><b>vertical launch system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, giving it <\/span><b>360-degree coverage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the capability to fire in a complicated geographical environment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile system is <\/span><b>mounted on a <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese-designed<\/span><b> 6&#215;6 high mobility chassis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> instead of tracked platforms, providing ease of maintenance and better road mobility.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Each launch vehicle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> carries up to<\/span><b> 6 missiles.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile weighs 650 kg, has a length of 5.2 m and a diameter of 0.34 m.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can intercept flying aerial targets at altitudes of 15 km to 18 km.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> maximum interception range for aircraft is 40 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, between 3.5 km and 12 km for cruise missiles flying at 300 m\/s.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile<\/span><b> guidance system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comprises <\/span><b>inertial guidance and semi-active radar homing at the terminal phase.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurasiantimes.com\/chinese-hq-16-missile-system-spotted-in-wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EURT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HQ-16 Missile is a medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by China. 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