HQ-10

HQ-10
HHQ-10 8-round launcher on a Type 056 corvette
TypeSurface-to-air missile
Place of originChina
Service history
In service2013
Used byChina
Production history
ManufacturerShanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST)
Specifications
Mass20 kg
Length2 m
Diameter127 mm
Warhead3 kg HE FRAG
Detonation
mechanism
infrared proximity fuse

Enginerocket motor
Propellantsolid fuel
Operational
range
0.5 km to 9 km
Flight altitude1.5 m to 6 km
Guidance
system
Imaging infrared (IIR)

The HQ-10 (simplified Chinese: 红旗-10; traditional Chinese: 紅旗-10; pinyin: Hóng Qí-10; lit. 'Red Banner-10') is a short range surface-to-air missile designed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), currently in service as a point defense missile system aboard PLA Navy warships.