The HQ-20 (Chinese: 红旗-20; pinyin: Hóng Qí-20; lit. 'Red Banner-20') is a Chinese medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system,[1] debuted at the 2025 China Victory Day Parade. The HQ-20 air defense system features an eight-axial transporter erector launcher capable of carrying at least eight smaller interceptors. Its design closely resembles the HQ-9 system, but with a higher quantity and thinner missile configuration. The missile is reportedly designed for mid-tier air defense coverage, sitting in between the short-range point defense systems and high-end long-range air defense systems.[2][3] The missile could serve a role comparable to PAC-2 and PAC-3 air defense system.[1]
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- 1 2 Trevithick, Joseph (19 August 2025). "All The New Chinese Missiles Spotted During Its Massive Military Parade Rehearsal". The War Zone.
- ↑ SCMP Team (3 September 2025). "China parades new weapons in show of 'strategic ace' deterrence – as it happened". South China Morning Post.
- ↑ Kajal, Kapil (3 September 2025). "From nuclear triad to hypersonics: What China unveiled in largest military parade ever". Interesting Engineering.