Gaijin adds yet another great SPAA to Russia while ignoring demands for a reasonably good SPAA in the Chinese tree. I don’t oppose good SPAAs to be added to some nations but every nation should at least have a useable SPAA
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China is far from not having “usable SPAA” (unless you’re talking about nations, like Sweden, but it’s a bit weird to talk about here )
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what are chinas options for longer ranged top tier anti air?
FK1000/2000, LY70, KS-1A ?
like, 3 minutes of google gives me this for the PRC
The HQ-6, also known as LY-60 (NATO reporting name: CH-SA-6), is a family of Chinese air defense missiles developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), a subsidery of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The missile is largely based on the Chinese PL-11 and Italian Selenia (now as Leonardo S.p.A.) Aspide missile.
HQ-6 is a surface-to-air missile system developed by the Shanghai Academy of Science and Technology, incorporating technologies from PL-11 mi...
HQ-11, export designation FM-3000, is a mobile short-to-medium range combined air defense missile and gun system designed for terminal air defense. Designated as the "universal terminal defence system" in Zhuhai Airshow 2022, unveiled by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC). The export version, FM-3000, was unveiled by CASIC in 2014.
The HQ-11 terminal defense system consists of a missile launcher vehicle, LD-3000 (Type 1130) close-in weapon system and a radar surveillance ve...
The KS-1 or Kaishan-1 (Chinese: 凯山一号), military designation HQ-12 (simplified Chinese: 红旗-12; traditional Chinese: 紅旗-12; pinyin: Hóng Qí-Yāo èr; lit. 'Red Banner-12'; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-12) is the first Chinese surface-to-air missile to adopt a phased array radar.
HQ-12 prototypes, known as the KS-1 before being incorporated into the PLA service, were developed in the early 1980s. The developer was the state-owned Jiangnan Space Industry, also known as Base 061. The first successful tes...
The ROC has this
The Sky Sword II, Tien Chien II, or TC-2 (Chinese: 天劍二; pinyin: Tiān Jiàn Èr; Wade–Giles: Tʻien1 Chien4 Êrh4) is a Taiwanese beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. It has an inertial navigation system, a data-link for mid-course guidance and active radar homing for terminal guidance, beyond visual range. It also has ECCM capability and can engage multiple targets. According to Su Tzu-yun, chief executive officer at the Center for Advanced Technology at Tamkang University, they are a cost-effe De...
HQ-16, no point in getting anything with less than 50km range
Miraz05
September 7, 2025, 9:23pm
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HQ-22 or HQ-16C is probably the best option. HQ-22 should be comparable to Aster 30
Personally I’d say Bee Eye w/ sky sword II. Seems somewhat more balanced than 170KM, & it comes in TEL launchers.
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Miraz05
September 7, 2025, 10:15pm
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Actually I meant the export version of HQ-22 which only has 100km range
isnt sky sword 15kms? Personally i think its too small of a range compared to the buk or sampt ngl. On par with tan sam kai?
Unless im missing something
Naw that’s way better than the tan sam. That thing is just sad.
NCC105
September 8, 2025, 2:27am
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fk-1000/2000 is Pantsir equal system, no longer a good choice.
LY-70 is ARH SLM equal but with additional FB-10A attached.
KS-1A/HQ-12 and HQ-22 is not so suitable for game for their low ammo storage.
HQ-11 is also a ARH SLM equal, with basically larger version of TOR’s missile.
BUK equal is HQ-16/LY-80, not sure if the latest version has ARH seeker
I’d compare HQ-11 to S-350 with base 9M96, its pretty similar
NCC105
September 9, 2025, 11:55am
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not very comparable imo, HQ-11/FM-3000 is still basically a larger TOR/9M331
Some of the vehicles showcased at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition.
TADTE
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Model of current plan displayed in TADTE. Programme is now in cooperation with Leonardo DRS.
Aluminum alloy turret spaced armours. Auxiliary power unit in the bustle rack. Electrical turret drive. New gunner’s sight. Commander’s independent sight is also a remote weapon station. 'May adopt a variant of the 105mm used by the new wheeled mobile gun for compatibility with the latter’s newly-developed ammunitions.
One of the design focuses is to minimize weight growth since no modification is to be done to the hull.
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A closer shot of the model illustrating M60A3 upgrade plan at TADTE 2025.
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