IDEX 2009 :Poly SAMs attack local market

China’s Poly Technologies (Hall 10, Stand D10) is showing its FN-16 manportable fire-and-forget surface-to-air missile (SAM) and its FB-6A mobile version, both of which are claimed to be in service with the People’s Liberation Army and undisclosed export customers.

FN-16 features an IR/ UV two-colour rosette scan imaging seeker, laser proximity fuze and a high-energy motor.According to the company, it has a maximum effective altitude of nearly 4,000m, slant range of 5,500m and a 70 per cent single shot kill probability against fixed-wing aircraft.

The FB-6A mobile version consists of a high mobility cross-country chassis, on the rear of which is a oneperson power-operated turret with a bank of four FN-16 SAM in the ready-to-launch position either side. Additional missiles are carried for manual reloading. These are aimed using a day/night sighting system located between the two banks of FN-6 missiles. If required, the FN-16 and FB-6A SAM could also be integrated into an overall air defence system or a local air defence system.

The latter could be the Poly Technologies TH-311 air defence missile operation and command system based on a cross-country truck chassis. This features an S-band search radar, which can detect targets to a maximum range of 20km and track 22 targets at once.

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