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HJ-8
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<p>The HJ-8 or Hongjian-8 (<a href="/facts/Simplified_Chinese_characters/UcAD6xXs">Chinese</a>: 红箭-8; <a href="/facts/Pinyin/pUwjfMXg">pinyin</a>: <i>Hóng Jiàn-8</i>; lit. 'Red Arrow-8') is a second generation tube-launched, optically tracked, <a href="/facts/Wire-guided_missile/xCYv9eLl">wire-guided</a> <a href="/facts/Anti-tank_guided_missile/I3C5D1CS">anti-tank missile</a> system which was originally deployed by the <a href="/facts/People%2527s_Liberation_Army/nr4YlS9J">People's Liberation Army</a> in the late 1980s. </p>