Kaishan 1
The Kaishan 1 anti-aircraft missile is 5.6 meters long, 0.4 meter in diameter, and weighs 900 kilograms. Its maximum operational range is variously reported as between 25 and 40 kilometers and minimum operational range is 0.5 kilometers. The system uses the SJ-202 acquisition radar and a phased-array engagement radar.
The KS-1 was initiated in 1967 to replace the " Red Flag" -2 ground-to-air missile system. In 1996 it was supplied for export. China has now equipped two kind of KS-1, one kind of stationary type, one kind of tractor type. In the towable KS-1 system, the missile truck uses 6×6 the wheeled all-terrain vehicle to make the chassis, behind the chassis revolves on the discharger to install two due-out balls. A typical missile battery including the radar and 4 pair of associations installs the launching trolley, the entire battery altogether has 8 due-out rounds, 18 backups rounds.
The KS-1 system uses the SJ-202 radar, -2 system is similar with "the Red Flag". The missile launching weight is 900 kilograms, the peak velocity 1,200 meters/seconds, the minimum firing distance 7 kilometers, the maximum range 42 kilometers, can cope with highly 500 ~ 25,000 meter, the speed for 750 meters/seconds, most greatly mobile overload the 4.5g goal. After the improvement system is called KS-1A. It uses a towable phased-array radar, with US "patriot" the AN/MPQ-53 radar is similar. It is said China is from overseas, possibly was Israel has obtained this technology.
And some news originate said that, the new search-track radar is in fact AN/MPQ-53 and the Russian S-300 system radar synthesis. The new radar system can let KS-1A simultaneously attack 3 targets. The missile has also made the improvement, uses the double thrust force solid propellant engine, the maximum range is 50 kilometers, versus the original 27 kilometers.
