Xian H-6
E245753
The Xian H-6 is a Chinese license-built version of the Soviet Tu-16 strategic bomber, extensively modernized and used for long-range strike and maritime attack roles.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xian H-6 canonical | 11 |
| Chinese H-6 bomber modernization program | 1 |
| H-6 bomber family | 1 |
| H-6K | 1 |
| H-6M | 1 |
| H‑6K | 1 |
| Xian H-6 bomber family | 1 |
| Xian H-6 series | 1 |
| Xian H‑6 | 1 |
| 轰-6F | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2212757 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xian H-6 Context triple: [Chinese Air Force, primaryBomberModel, Xian H-6]
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A.
Ye-6S
Ye-6S was a Soviet spacecraft bus platform used for early lunar orbiters such as Luna 10 during the space race.
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B.
Su-11
The Su-11 was a Soviet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed in the early Cold War era to defend Soviet airspace against high-altitude threats.
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C.
Su-9
The Su-9 was a Soviet supersonic jet interceptor aircraft developed in the 1950s for high-speed, high-altitude air defense missions.
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D.
Kokusai Ki-59
The Kokusai Ki-59 was a Japanese twin-engine light transport aircraft of World War II, used primarily for personnel and cargo transport by the Imperial Japanese Army.
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E.
Yak-28P
The Yak-28P was a Soviet twin-engine, all-weather interceptor aircraft developed in the early Cold War era for long-range air defense duties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Xian H-6 Target entity description: The Xian H-6 is a Chinese license-built version of the Soviet Tu-16 strategic bomber, extensively modernized and used for long-range strike and maritime attack roles.
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A.
Ye-6S
Ye-6S was a Soviet spacecraft bus platform used for early lunar orbiters such as Luna 10 during the space race.
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B.
Su-11
The Su-11 was a Soviet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed in the early Cold War era to defend Soviet airspace against high-altitude threats.
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C.
Su-9
The Su-9 was a Soviet supersonic jet interceptor aircraft developed in the 1950s for high-speed, high-altitude air defense missions.
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D.
Kokusai Ki-59
The Kokusai Ki-59 was a Japanese twin-engine light transport aircraft of World War II, used primarily for personnel and cargo transport by the Imperial Japanese Army.
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E.
Yak-28P
The Yak-28P was a Soviet twin-engine, all-weather interceptor aircraft developed in the early Cold War era for long-range air defense duties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
strategic bomber
ⓘ
twin‑engine jet bomber ⓘ |
| armament |
anti‑ship missiles
ⓘ
cruise missiles ⓘ free‑fall bombs ⓘ nuclear weapons capable ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Tupolev Tu-16
ⓘ
linked to:
Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
|
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| crew |
4
ⓘ
5 ⓘ |
| engineType | turbojet ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1959 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1969 ⓘ |
| launchPlatformFor |
CJ‑10 cruise missile
ⓘ
YJ‑12 anti‑ship missile ⓘ YJ‑83 anti‑ship missile ⓘ air‑launched ballistic missile (H‑6N) ⓘ |
| length | about 34 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Xi’an Aircraft Industrial Corporation ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | approximately 1,050 km/h ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | approximately 75,000 kg ⓘ |
| modernization |
glass cockpit in later variants
ⓘ
improved avionics ⓘ more efficient engines in H‑6K ⓘ new radar systems ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| range | over 6,000 km ⓘ |
| role |
anti‑ship warfare
ⓘ
long‑range strike ⓘ maritime strike ⓘ strategic bombing ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | about 12,000 m ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Egyptian Air Force
ⓘ
Iraqi Air Force ⓘ North Korean Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
Korean People’s Army Air and Anti-Air Force
People’s Liberation Army Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese Air Force
People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force
|
| variant |
H‑6A
ⓘ
H‑6DU ⓘ H‑6F ⓘ H‑6G ⓘ H‑6H ⓘ H‑6J ⓘ H‑6K ⓘ
linked to:
Xian H-6
H‑6M ⓘ
linked to:
H‑6H
H‑6N ⓘ H‑6U ⓘ
linked to:
H‑6DU
|
| wingspan | about 33 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Xian H-6 Description of subject: The Xian H-6 is a Chinese license-built version of the Soviet Tu-16 strategic bomber, extensively modernized and used for long-range strike and maritime attack roles.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
subject linked to:
Mikulin AM-3 turbojet
linked to: Xian H-6
subject linked to:
H‑6G
linked to: Xian H-6
subject linked to:
H‑6F