Tupolev Tu-143
E321359
The Tupolev Tu-143 is a Soviet-era unmanned reconnaissance drone developed in the 1970s for tactical battlefield surveillance and target acquisition.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tupolev Tu-143 canonical | 7 |
| Tu-143 Reys | 2 |
| Tupolev Tu-143 family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2623300 — 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: Tupolev Tu-143 Context triple: [Tupolev, hasProduct, Tupolev Tu-143]
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A.
Tupolev Tu-123
The Tupolev Tu-123 was a Soviet-era supersonic reconnaissance drone designed for high-altitude strategic surveillance missions during the Cold War.
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B.
Tupolev Tu-98
The Tupolev Tu-98 was a Soviet prototype supersonic jet bomber developed in the 1950s that served as a technological precursor to later operational bombers.
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C.
Tupolev Tu-126
The Tupolev Tu-126 is a Soviet-era airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed from the Tu-114 airliner and used primarily by the Soviet Air Forces during the Cold War.
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D.
Tupolev Tu-119
The Tupolev Tu-119 was a Soviet experimental variant of the Tu-95 bomber designed to test nuclear-powered aircraft propulsion during the Cold War.
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E.
Tupolev Tu-91
The Tupolev Tu-91 was a Soviet turboprop-powered attack and torpedo bomber prototype developed in the 1950s for carrier-based and coastal strike roles but never entered mass production.
- 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: Tupolev Tu-143 Target entity description: The Tupolev Tu-143 is a Soviet-era unmanned reconnaissance drone developed in the 1970s for tactical battlefield surveillance and target acquisition.
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A.
Tupolev Tu-123
The Tupolev Tu-123 was a Soviet-era supersonic reconnaissance drone designed for high-altitude strategic surveillance missions during the Cold War.
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B.
Tupolev Tu-98
The Tupolev Tu-98 was a Soviet prototype supersonic jet bomber developed in the 1950s that served as a technological precursor to later operational bombers.
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C.
Tupolev Tu-126
The Tupolev Tu-126 is a Soviet-era airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft developed from the Tu-114 airliner and used primarily by the Soviet Air Forces during the Cold War.
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D.
Tupolev Tu-119
The Tupolev Tu-119 was a Soviet experimental variant of the Tu-95 bomber designed to test nuclear-powered aircraft propulsion during the Cold War.
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E.
Tupolev Tu-91
The Tupolev Tu-91 was a Soviet turboprop-powered attack and torpedo bomber prototype developed in the 1950s for carrier-based and coastal strike roles but never entered mass production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military aircraft
ⓘ
reconnaissance drone ⓘ unmanned aerial vehicle ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | metal construction ⓘ |
| conflict |
Lebanese Civil War
ⓘ
Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ Syrian Civil War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | 0 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | approximately 700 km/h ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Tupolev Tu-141 ⓘ |
| developedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| engineModel | TRI-117 turbojet ⓘ |
| enteredService | mid-1970s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1970s ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem |
pre-programmed autopilot
ⓘ
radio command guidance ⓘ |
| height | about 1.5 m ⓘ |
| launchMethod |
rocket-assisted takeoff
ⓘ
truck-mounted launcher ⓘ |
| launchPlatform | BTR-60-based launcher vehicle ⓘ |
| length | about 8.0 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Tupolev Design Bureau ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | approximately 950 km/h ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | around 1230 kg ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | VR-3 Reys ⓘ |
| operationalRange | about 200 km ⓘ |
| payload |
infrared sensors
ⓘ
optical cameras ⓘ signals intelligence equipment ⓘ television cameras ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
electronic reconnaissance
ⓘ
photo reconnaissance ⓘ |
| propulsion | single turbojet engine ⓘ |
| recoveryMethod | parachute recovery ⓘ |
| role |
battlefield surveillance
ⓘ
tactical reconnaissance ⓘ target acquisition ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | about 5000 m ⓘ |
| status | largely retired ⓘ |
| successor | Tupolev Tu-243 ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | twin-tail ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Russian Armed Forces
ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Syrian Air Force ⓘ
linked to:
Syrian Arab Air Force
Ukrainian Armed Forces ⓘ Warsaw Pact countries ⓘ
linked to:
Warsaw Pact
|
| wingConfiguration | mid-mounted straight wing ⓘ |
| wingspan | about 2.25 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: Tupolev Tu-143 Description of subject: The Tupolev Tu-143 is a Soviet-era unmanned reconnaissance drone developed in the 1970s for tactical battlefield surveillance and target acquisition.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tupolev Tu-143
linked to: Tupolev Tu-143
linked to: Tupolev Tu-143