Kyrgyzstan appears to have acquired a Chinese short-range air-defense system. Recent footage of the Kyrgyz military indicates that Bishkek imported the “Flying Leopard 6C,” a Chinese-made mobile short-range air-defense system that can engage targets up to six kilometers away.
The footage, which received attention among aviation bloggers and watchers of the post-Soviet space, shows the system’s mobile radar, based on an Iveco VM90 4×4 chassis, in operation at a training exercise in Issyk-Kul region.
The Flying Leopard system mounts the CASIC made QW-2 man-portable air-defense system.
No further details about the Kyrgyz acquisition of the system have emerged, making it unclear when the country procured the Flying Leopard 6C.
Kyrgyzstan; Army operates Chinese mobile SHORAD SAM- report