HN-5

The HN-5, whose Chinese name Hong Ying-5 means Red Tassel-5 and whose NATO reporting name is CH-SA-3, is a family of first generation Chinese man-portable air-defense systems based on Soviet technology. It is a reverse-engineered version of the Soviet Strela 2, known to NATO as the SA-7. Reverse engineering and development ran from 1973 to 1982 and the missile was certified in 1983, with several Chinese industrial bodies sharing the work. A parallel line, the HN-5A, was tested from 1979 to 1981 and certified in 1984, with a larger warhead, higher speed, longer range and a better seeker than the HN-5, and corresponds roughly to the Strela 2M. Later variants include the HN-5B, a vehicle-mounted HN-5C and an export-oriented HQ-5C. The family led to the HN-6 and QW-1 missiles. It was exported to many countries, including Pakistan, where it was built as the Anza, and to Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan War.