MPS-36 radar
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The MPS-36 radar is a ground-based tracking radar system used at the U.S. Army’s missile test range on Kwajalein Atoll to support missile and space object detection and trajectory measurement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MPS-36 radar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1651679 — 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: MPS-36 radar Context triple: [Kwajalein Atoll, hasRadar, MPS-36 radar]
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A.
APY-10 multi-mission surface search radar
The APY-10 multi-mission surface search radar is an advanced maritime surveillance and targeting radar system used on platforms like the Boeing P-8 Poseidon for detecting, tracking, and classifying surface and subsurface contacts in all weather conditions.
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B.
AN/MPQ-53 radar
The AN/MPQ-53 is a multifunction, phased-array fire control radar used to detect, track, and guide interceptors against aircraft and missile threats in the Patriot air defense system.
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C.
AN/MPQ-65 radar
The AN/MPQ-65 radar is an advanced multifunction phased-array radar used in later variants of the Patriot air and missile defense system, providing improved target detection, tracking, and engagement capabilities over its predecessor.
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D.
AN/TPY-2 radar
The AN/TPY-2 radar is a high-resolution, X-band, phased-array missile defense radar used for detecting, tracking, and discriminating ballistic missile threats.
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E.
CA-95 air defense system
The CA-95 air defense system is a Romanian short-range, mobile, surface-to-air missile platform designed to protect ground forces and key installations from low-flying aircraft and helicopters.
- 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: MPS-36 radar Target entity description: The MPS-36 radar is a ground-based tracking radar system used at the U.S. Army’s missile test range on Kwajalein Atoll to support missile and space object detection and trajectory measurement.
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A.
APY-10 multi-mission surface search radar
The APY-10 multi-mission surface search radar is an advanced maritime surveillance and targeting radar system used on platforms like the Boeing P-8 Poseidon for detecting, tracking, and classifying surface and subsurface contacts in all weather conditions.
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B.
AN/MPQ-53 radar
The AN/MPQ-53 is a multifunction, phased-array fire control radar used to detect, track, and guide interceptors against aircraft and missile threats in the Patriot air defense system.
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C.
AN/MPQ-65 radar
The AN/MPQ-65 radar is an advanced multifunction phased-array radar used in later variants of the Patriot air and missile defense system, providing improved target detection, tracking, and engagement capabilities over its predecessor.
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D.
AN/TPY-2 radar
The AN/TPY-2 radar is a high-resolution, X-band, phased-array missile defense radar used for detecting, tracking, and discriminating ballistic missile threats.
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E.
CA-95 air defense system
The CA-95 air defense system is a Romanian short-range, mobile, surface-to-air missile platform designed to protect ground forces and key installations from low-flying aircraft and helicopters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ground-based tracking radar
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military radar ⓘ radar system ⓘ |
| application |
missile test support
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space surveillance support ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
missile defense testing
ⓘ
range instrumentation systems ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataOutput |
tracking data
ⓘ
trajectory data ⓘ |
| domain |
ballistic missile testing
ⓘ
space operations ⓘ |
| environment | ground-based installation ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Marshall Islands ⓘ |
| operator | United States Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
U.S. Army Redstone Test Center
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surface form:
U.S. Army missile test range instrumentation
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| primaryFunction |
missile tracking
ⓘ
space object tracking ⓘ trajectory measurement ⓘ |
| usedAt |
Kwajalein Atoll
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U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) missile range ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll missile test range
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| usedFor |
detection of missile targets
ⓘ
detection of space objects ⓘ tracking of missile trajectories ⓘ tracking of space object trajectories ⓘ |
| user |
United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense activities
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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: MPS-36 radar Description of subject: The MPS-36 radar is a ground-based tracking radar system used at the U.S. Army’s missile test range on Kwajalein Atoll to support missile and space object detection and trajectory measurement.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.