isthvan said:
Well Crotale was newer developed as missile defense system, missile is to slow (Max speed 2.3m) and has min. operative altitude of 15m. Also CrotaleNG uses new highly maneuverable VT1 missile whit max speed of mach 3.5.
mach 2.3 is fast enough to intercept any kind of missile. You know where the AShM is going after, so you don't necessarily have to be faster than it to intercept it. Now, the minimum operative altitude is a problem. But that's the listed value for the export version of land based system. I doubt the domestic version of sea based system is that high. If it can get lowered to around 5, then that should be alright.
Also SA developed new SAHV missile and it is used on there’s modified Crotale systems against fast, low flying targets while original missiles will be used against slower targets… I doubt French and S.A. would waste many on new missile development if few modifications of older system could provide same performance…
imo, guidance is more important than the actual missile capability.
Thanks for spelling corrections, English isn’t my native language so I misspell some words sometime

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Could you provide some additional info? All I find about HQ-7mod is that it has improved guidance system…
No worries.
According to sinodefence on FM-90
"In addition,
the missile's seeking/homing range, maximum speed, and attack range all have been improved, which greatly increases its combat effectiveness. With a maximum detecting range of 25km, the FM-90 is capable of attacking three targets using three different guidance modes simultaneously.
The missile also has anti-missile ability against ultra-low-altitude cruise missiles, air-to-surface missiles, and anti-radiation missiles at a distance of 17km."
look a lot of the stats are not revealed, due to the nature of PLAN, but you can imagine the upgrade that China has made to Crotale in the last 20 years. At the same time, domestic version of HQ-7 is always superior to export versions like FM-80/90
Excuse me for the late edit, but I thought this is kind of interesting. Again, this is the export version of HQ-7.
Crotale NG info
comparisons for export version of HQ-7 and Crotale NG:
both claim to be all weather against low cruising AShM, cruise missiles, helicopters and aircrafts
engagement range: 13 KM vs 11 KM
altitude: 5 to 6000 m vs surveillence radar of 0 to 5000 m but a missile of stated altitude of 6 km, but no stated minimum altitude
load: 35g vs 35g
Reaction time: 6.5 s vs 6 s
speed: not stated vs mach 3.5
And there is also the sensors, which is not stated in the image, but in the sinodefence page. You can compare that too.
After this, I don't think FM-90N is doing really that badly.