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Is Pakistan need FT-2000 Air Defence System
The HQ-9 is China’s new generation medium- to long-range, active radar homing air defence missile.
Initially an indigenous design, the HQ-9 missile was said to have undergone a redesign to incorporate Russian rocket technology after the acquisition of S-300 5V55-series missiles from Russia. There are unconfirmed rumors that the HQ-9 uses guidance system what similar to developed in U.S. Patriot missile technology.
The naval HQ-9 appears to be identical to the land-based variant. Its naval type HHQ-9 is equipped in the PLAN Type 052C Lanzhou class destroyer in VLS launch tubes.
The land-based HQ-9 system has an anti-radiation variant, known as the FT-2000 for export. The export designation for air defense version is FD-2000 (with FD stands for Fang Dun - meaning defensive shield), and its developer China National Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CPMIEC) first made it public at the Africa Aerospace and Defence Exhibition held at Cape Town in March 2009. The HQ-9 had also being submitted by CPMIEC for Turkey's T-LORAMIDS program to acquire 12 long range air defense systems.
Missile
Similar to the Russian S-300V, the HQ-9 is a two-stage missile. The first stage has a diameter of 700 mm and the 2nd stage 560 mm, with a total mass of almost 2 tons and a length of 6.8m. The missile is armed with a 180 kg warhead, has a maximum speed of Mach 4.2
and has a maximum range of 125 km.
The thrust vector control (TVC) of HQ-9 is the most obvious visual identification that distinguish it from S300V: TVC of HQ-9 is exposed and thus can be observed from the side, while TVC of S300V is not exposed. The HQ-9's guidance system is composed of inertial guidance plus mid-course uplink and active radar terminal guidance systems.
The system first used a missile in a box-like launcher canted at an angle, just like the MIM-104 Patriot. However the missile was very large because of China's limited experience with solid-fuel rockets. Due to Russian assistance and technology transfers, the missile and launcher are in their present form, a transporter erector launcher with missiles inside a cylindrical container. The missile apparently has a limited anti ballistic missile capability.
Radars
The HQ-9 employs an enlarged and improved version of the KS-1 (a medium-range PRC SAM) SJ-212. This radar has greater similarities to the Patriot's MPQ-53 than the S-300's 30N6 (Flap-Lid) series, working in the NATO G-band (4–6 GHz) as a search and targeting radar. This could be due to an alleged transfer of Patriot technology to China. The radar can search a 120 degree arc in azimuth and 0-90 degrees in elevation out to 300 km, with a peak power output on 1MW (average 60 kW). The radar is credited as being able to track 100 targets and guides up to 6 missiles to 6 targets.
The HQ-9A supplements this with the brigade level HT-233 radar. A UHF radar, it is credited with a detection range of 120 km, scanning 360 degrees in azimuth and 0-65 degrees in elevation. It can track 100 targets and designate 50 for engagements.
FT-2000 Air Defence System Specifications
Weight: 1300 kg
Length: 6.8 m
Warhead weight: 180 kg
Engine: two-stage solid propellant
Operational range: 200+ km
Flight ceiling: 30 km
Speed Mach: 4.2
Guidance system: Inertial guidance with mid-course update and terminal active radar homing
Launch Platform: Land-mobile launcher, Surface Ship
The HQ-9 is China’s new generation medium- to long-range, active radar homing air defence missile.
Initially an indigenous design, the HQ-9 missile was said to have undergone a redesign to incorporate Russian rocket technology after the acquisition of S-300 5V55-series missiles from Russia. There are unconfirmed rumors that the HQ-9 uses guidance system what similar to developed in U.S. Patriot missile technology.
The naval HQ-9 appears to be identical to the land-based variant. Its naval type HHQ-9 is equipped in the PLAN Type 052C Lanzhou class destroyer in VLS launch tubes.
The land-based HQ-9 system has an anti-radiation variant, known as the FT-2000 for export. The export designation for air defense version is FD-2000 (with FD stands for Fang Dun - meaning defensive shield), and its developer China National Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CPMIEC) first made it public at the Africa Aerospace and Defence Exhibition held at Cape Town in March 2009. The HQ-9 had also being submitted by CPMIEC for Turkey's T-LORAMIDS program to acquire 12 long range air defense systems.
Missile
Similar to the Russian S-300V, the HQ-9 is a two-stage missile. The first stage has a diameter of 700 mm and the 2nd stage 560 mm, with a total mass of almost 2 tons and a length of 6.8m. The missile is armed with a 180 kg warhead, has a maximum speed of Mach 4.2
and has a maximum range of 125 km.
The thrust vector control (TVC) of HQ-9 is the most obvious visual identification that distinguish it from S300V: TVC of HQ-9 is exposed and thus can be observed from the side, while TVC of S300V is not exposed. The HQ-9's guidance system is composed of inertial guidance plus mid-course uplink and active radar terminal guidance systems.
The system first used a missile in a box-like launcher canted at an angle, just like the MIM-104 Patriot. However the missile was very large because of China's limited experience with solid-fuel rockets. Due to Russian assistance and technology transfers, the missile and launcher are in their present form, a transporter erector launcher with missiles inside a cylindrical container. The missile apparently has a limited anti ballistic missile capability.
Radars
The HQ-9 employs an enlarged and improved version of the KS-1 (a medium-range PRC SAM) SJ-212. This radar has greater similarities to the Patriot's MPQ-53 than the S-300's 30N6 (Flap-Lid) series, working in the NATO G-band (4–6 GHz) as a search and targeting radar. This could be due to an alleged transfer of Patriot technology to China. The radar can search a 120 degree arc in azimuth and 0-90 degrees in elevation out to 300 km, with a peak power output on 1MW (average 60 kW). The radar is credited as being able to track 100 targets and guides up to 6 missiles to 6 targets.
The HQ-9A supplements this with the brigade level HT-233 radar. A UHF radar, it is credited with a detection range of 120 km, scanning 360 degrees in azimuth and 0-65 degrees in elevation. It can track 100 targets and designate 50 for engagements.
FT-2000 Air Defence System Specifications
Weight: 1300 kg
Length: 6.8 m
Warhead weight: 180 kg
Engine: two-stage solid propellant
Operational range: 200+ km
Flight ceiling: 30 km
Speed Mach: 4.2
Guidance system: Inertial guidance with mid-course update and terminal active radar homing
Launch Platform: Land-mobile launcher, Surface Ship
