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QW-1 Vanguard

Ground-based air defence (short range) · Land · China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited · China

Wikidata: Chinese surface-to-air missile

Operators among the 24
3
Active, across the 24
0
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
1990

Catalogue entry

Designation
QW-1
First flight or launch
–
In service
1990
Retired
–
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited
Wikidata classes
missile model
Identifiers
Q7265620 · factbase.org/sys/N2NZGS0079 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

NationActiveReserveOn orderVariants
IndonesiaheldQW-19 Vanguard, QW-3 Vanguard
ChinaheldQW-3, QW-4
Iranheld

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

1994: 30001996: 11002002: 1602006: 1302010: 152013: 2002021: 2882024: 50199420092024max 3,000
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of QW-1 Vanguard by year

Recipients: Pakistan (3,000), Iran (1,100), Indonesia (395), Cambodia (288), Malaysia (160).

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