The HQ-20 is integrated with the Chinese Air Force's land-based units and land-based air defence regiments.

New Delhi: China has conducted its first public live test of the HQ-20 air defence system. China has also released footage of the HQ-20 live fire test. China stated that the test was conducted on November 11, the anniversary of the Air Force. The sequence of the HQ-20 air defence missile system was demonstrated, from canister elevation to interceptor release. It shows the eight-cell launcher layout and the system’s position within China’s defence network. It has been introduced to fill the medium-to-high-intermediate-range gap between the HQ-16 and HQ-22A.

The Army Recognize report states that the HQ-20 demonstration is part of the ongoing modernisation of the Chinese air defence

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