{
  "id": "hq-6d",
  "name": "HQ-6D",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "missile",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Surface-to-air missile system",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1989,
  "operators": [
    "CHN",
    "ETH",
    "MAR",
    "PAK",
    "SDN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 5,
  "summary": "The HQ-6D is the latest development of the family, and it is basically an HQ-64 system with an addition of a command vehicle.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Shanghai Academy of Science and Technology",
      "src": [
        "weg-hq-6d"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Emplacement time",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Less than 15 minutes",
      "src": [
        "weg-hq-6d"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "HQ-6D",
      "role": "Surface to Air Missile",
      "src": [
        "weg-hq-6d"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Surface to Air Missile",
        "Guidance": "SARH / ARH",
        "Warhead": "33 kg",
        "Length": "3.69 m"
      },
      "range_km": 18
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "HQ-6",
      "text": "The HQ-6 (\"Red flag-6\") was the second member of the LY-60/PL-10/HQ-6/6D/64/DK-10 family developed, but it entered service before the air-to-air version PL-10, despite an earlier start by the PL-10.",
      "src": [
        "weg-hq-6d"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "K/AKK-10",
      "text": "During the mid-life upgrade of PL-10, the semi-active radar homing (SARH) seeker was replaced by active radar homing (ARH) seekers, resulting in two versions, one with a Russian ARH seeker, the other with a domestic Chinese ARH seeker.",
      "src": [
        "weg-hq-6d"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "HQ-64",
      "text": "The HQ-64 is an improved version of the HQ-6, utilizing experience gained from LY-60, with firepower doubled by increasing the number of missiles for each truck mounted launcher from two to four, and by replacing the MLR mounting by missiles in container box…",
      "src": [
        "weg-hq-6d"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "HQ-6D",
      "text": "The HQ-6D is the latest development of the family, and it is basically a HQ-64 system with an addition of a command vehicle. Each command vehicle is able to command & control up to four HQ-64 batteries, thus linking up independent HQ-64 batteries to form an…",
      "src": [
        "weg-hq-6d"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "tel",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/hq-6d.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-hq-6d": {
      "title": "HQ-6D Chinese Surface-to-Air Missile System",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/HQ-6D_Chinese_Surface-to-Air_Missile_System",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}