OVERVIEW:  The HQ-12 SAM battery is a road-mobile, single stage  solid-fuel, medium range, medium-to-high altitude, radio command guided, surface-to-air missile (SAM) unit. 

DETAILS:  The HQ-12 system was designed to replace the HQ-2/SA-2 SAM missile. It uses the H-200 3-D phased array radar, to provide target tracking, missile beacon (downlink) tracking, post launch missile capture, and missile command uplink transmission functions.  A single H-200 is capable of tracking up to 100 targets and guiding up to six missiles against up to three targets.  


Specifications:

Maximum Acquisition Range: 	 65 nm (120 km)
Maximum Tracking Range:		 48.5 nm ( 45 km @ 8000 ft)
Engagement Envelope, range:	3.7-27nm; 7-50 km  
Engagement Envelope, altitude:	984-88,582 ft; 0.3-27 km
Max target speed: 		1458 knts; 750 m/s
Kill probability:		89% 
Reload time:			?? minutes (approx)
Reaction Time			?? seconds
Deploy/Takedown Time		30min/20min 
Mobility:			road mobile

NOTES: IOC 2017.


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