Tupolev Tu-142
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The Tupolev Tu-142 is a long-range Soviet/Russian maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed from the Tu-95 strategic bomber.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tu-142 | 2 |
| Tupolev Tu-142M | 2 |
| Tupolev Tu-142 canonical | 1 |
| Tupolev Tu-142ME | 1 |
| Tupolev Tu-142MK | 1 |
| Tupolev Tu-142MZ | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2623278 — 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-142 Context triple: [Tupolev, hasProduct, Tupolev Tu-142]
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A.
Tupolev Tu-160
The Tupolev Tu-160 is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing strategic bomber developed by the Soviet Union, known as one of the largest and fastest combat aircraft ever built.
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B.
Tupolev Tu-22 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-22 is a Soviet-era supersonic long-range bomber designed during the Cold War for high-speed strike missions against strategic targets.
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C.
Ilyushin Il-96 (historically)
The Ilyushin Il-96 is a Russian long-range, wide-body airliner introduced in the late 1980s and used primarily for intercontinental passenger and VIP transport.
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D.
Tupolev Tu-114 airliner
The Tupolev Tu-114 airliner is a Soviet long-range turboprop passenger aircraft, renowned for being one of the fastest and largest propeller-driven airliners ever built and for serving prestigious international routes during the Cold War era.
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E.
Tupolev Tu-4 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-4 bomber is a Soviet long-range strategic bomber developed in the late 1940s as a reverse-engineered copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
- 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-142 Target entity description: The Tupolev Tu-142 is a long-range Soviet/Russian maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed from the Tu-95 strategic bomber.
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A.
Tupolev Tu-160
The Tupolev Tu-160 is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing strategic bomber developed by the Soviet Union, known as one of the largest and fastest combat aircraft ever built.
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B.
Tupolev Tu-22 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-22 is a Soviet-era supersonic long-range bomber designed during the Cold War for high-speed strike missions against strategic targets.
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C.
Ilyushin Il-96 (historically)
The Ilyushin Il-96 is a Russian long-range, wide-body airliner introduced in the late 1980s and used primarily for intercontinental passenger and VIP transport.
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D.
Tupolev Tu-114 airliner
The Tupolev Tu-114 airliner is a Soviet long-range turboprop passenger aircraft, renowned for being one of the fastest and largest propeller-driven airliners ever built and for serving prestigious international routes during the Cold War era.
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E.
Tupolev Tu-4 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-4 bomber is a Soviet long-range strategic bomber developed in the late 1940s as a reverse-engineered copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-submarine warfare aircraft
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fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeBasedOn |
Tupolev Tu-20 / Tu-95 strategic bomber
ⓘ
surface form:
Tupolev Tu-95
|
| allianceUser | Warsaw Pact ⓘ |
| armament |
depth charges
ⓘ
naval mines ⓘ sonobuoys ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Russia
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | 10 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 750 km/h ⓘ |
| designedFor |
anti-submarine operations against ballistic missile submarines
ⓘ
long-range ocean patrol ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Tupolev Tu-20 / Tu-95 strategic bomber
ⓘ
surface form:
Tupolev Tu-95
|
| exportedTo | India ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1968-11-18 ⓘ |
| hasRadar | maritime search radar ⓘ |
| hasSensor | magnetic anomaly detector ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Tupolev Tu-142
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tupolev Tu-142M
Tupolev Tu-142 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tupolev Tu-142ME
Tupolev Tu-142 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tupolev Tu-142MK
Tupolev Tu-142 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tupolev Tu-142MZ
|
| height | 12.12 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1972 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 53.08 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Tupolev ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | 855 km/h ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | 185000 kg ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Indian Navy
ⓘ
Russian Naval Aviation ⓘ Soviet Naval Aviation ⓘ |
| propellerType | contra-rotating propellers ⓘ |
| propulsion | 4 Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprop engines ⓘ |
| range | 12000 km ⓘ |
| retiredBy | Indian Navy ⓘ |
| retirementDateInIndia | 2017 ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
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maritime patrol ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 12000 m ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | Cold War maritime patrol operations ⓘ |
| wingspan | 50.04 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tupolev Tu-142 Description of subject: The Tupolev Tu-142 is a long-range Soviet/Russian maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed from the Tu-95 strategic bomber.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tupolev Tu-142M
this entity surface form:
Tupolev Tu-142MK
this entity surface form:
Tupolev Tu-142MZ
this entity surface form:
Tupolev Tu-142ME
this entity surface form:
Tu-142
subject surface form:
Tupolev Tu-95
this entity surface form:
Tu-142
this entity surface form:
Tupolev Tu-142M