FeiNu-6 (Hongying-6) | |
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Type | Man-portable surface-to-air missile |
Place of origin | China |
Service history | |
Used by | See Operators |
Wars | |
Production history | |
Variants | See Variants |
Specifications (FN-6) | |
Mass | 16 kg |
Length | 1495mm |
Diameter | 72mm |
Maximum firing range | 6,000 meters |
Engine | Single Stage Solid Rocket Motor |
Flight altitude | 3,800 meters |
Maximum speed | 600m/s |
Guidance system | Infrared homing |
FN-6 (Chinese: 飞弩-6; pinyin: Fēi Nú-6; lit. 'Flying Crossbow-6'; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-10)[1] is a third-generation passive infrared homing (IR) man portable air defence system (MANPADS). Development from HN-5 missile, FN-6 missile is an export-oriented product and China's most advanced surface-to-air missile offered on the international market. Specially designed to engage low-flying targets, it has a range of 6 km and a maximum altitude of 3.8 km. The missile has been exported to Malaysia, Cambodia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Peru, and a variant was incorporated into People's Liberation Army (PLA) service as the HN-6 (Chinese: 红樱-6). Based on FN-6, China has several numbers of other MANPADS and other vehicle-based short-range air defense systems.