Tu-128

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The Tu-128 was a large, long-range Soviet interceptor aircraft developed during the Cold War to defend the USSR’s vast northern frontiers against strategic bombers.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tupolev Tu-128 9
Tu-128 canonical 3
Tu-128UT 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet aircraft ⓘ
interceptor aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory heavy interceptor ⓘ
armament Bisnovat R-4 air-to-air missiles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
crewPositions navigator ⓘ
pilot ⓘ
designedBy Tupolev Design Bureau ⓘ
designedForAllWeatherOperations true ⓘ
designedToDefend USSR northern frontiers ⓘ
developmentStart late 1950s ⓘ
engineModel Kuznetsov NK-13 ⓘ
Kuznetsov NK-4 ⓘ
engineType turbofan ⓘ
enteredService 1964 ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
firstFlight 1961-03-18 ⓘ
fuselageType slender fuselage ⓘ
intendedTarget strategic bombers ⓘ
landingGear tricycle landing gear ⓘ
length about 30 m ⓘ
manufacturer Tupolev ⓘ
maximumSpeed about Mach 1.6 ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight about 43,000 kg ⓘ
missileType R-4R radar-guided missile ⓘ
R-4T infrared-guided missile ⓘ
NATOreportingName Fiddler ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
numberOfUnderwingPylons 4 ⓘ
primaryMission air defense ⓘ
primaryOperatingRegion Far North ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
Soviet Arctic regions ⓘ
productionPeriod 1960s ⓘ
productionStatus out of production ⓘ
radar Smerch radar ⓘ
linked to: RP-9 radar
range about 2,500 km ⓘ
retired 1990 ⓘ
role long-range interceptor ⓘ
serviceBranch PVO Strany ⓘ
serviceCeiling about 15,000 m ⓘ
successor MiG-31 ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
Tu-128UTRole trainer version ⓘ
usedBy Soviet Air Defence Forces ⓘ
variant Tu-128UT ⓘ
linked to: Tu-128
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
wingspan about 17.5 m ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tupolev → hasProduct → Tupolev Tu-128 ⓘ
linked to: Tu-128
Tu-128 → variant → Tu-128UT ⓘ
linked to: Tu-128
Tupolev Tu-98 → influenced → Tupolev Tu‑128 ⓘ
linked to: Tu-128
Tupolev Design Bureau → designed → Tupolev Tu-128 ⓘ
linked to: Tu-128
Warsaw Pact air defense system → usesEquipment → Tu-128 long-range interceptor ⓘ
linked to: Tu-128
R-8 missile → usedOnAircraft → Tupolev Tu-128 ⓘ
subject linked to: R-8 missiles
linked to: Tu-128
R-98 → compatibleWith → Tupolev Tu-128 ⓘ
subject linked to: R-98 missiles
linked to: Tu-128
R-98 → primaryPlatform → Tupolev Tu-128 ⓘ
subject linked to: R-98 missiles
linked to: Tu-128
Fiddler → refersTo → Tupolev Tu-128 ⓘ
linked to: Tu-128
Fiddler → aircraftFamily → Tu-128 ⓘ
Kuznetsov NK-4 → usedOnAircraft → Tupolev Tu-128 ⓘ
linked to: Tu-128
Bisnovat R-4 → platform → Tupolev Tu-128 ⓘ
linked to: Tu-128
Bisnovat R-4 → platform → Tu-128UT ⓘ
linked to: Tu-128
R-4R → intendedPlatform → Tupolev Tu-128 ⓘ
subject linked to: R-4R radar-guided missile
linked to: Tu-128
R-4R → intendedPlatform → Tu-128 ⓘ
subject linked to: R-4R radar-guided missile