The FN-6 is a Chinese man portable surface to air missile system, a third generation passive infrared homing weapon developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology from the earlier HN-5 missile. It entered service around 2000 under the domestic designation HN-6, with FN-6 used for export sales, and became one of China's most widely exported shoulder fired air defense systems. An improved variant, the FN-16, was later shown publicly at the 2012 Zhuhai Airshow with enhanced infrared and ultraviolet guidance. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon ClassMan-portable surface-to-air missile 1 Introduced Year Classification
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FN-6 (Chinese: 飞弩-6; pinyin: Fēi Nú-6; lit. 'Flying Crossbow-6'; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-10) is a third-generation passive infrared homing (IR) man portable air defence system (MANPADS) built by Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
- Used In: Syrian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Syrian civil war'
- Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, infobox wars field: 'Russo-Ukrainian War'
Operated By: People's Liberation Army, Article text
The missile has been exported to Malaysia, Cambodia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Peru, and a variant was incorporated into People's Liberation Army (PLA) service as the HN-6 (Chinese: 红樱-6).
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