Blinder
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Blinder is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet-era Tupolev Tu-22 supersonic bomber aircraft.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blinder canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | NATO reporting name ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
combat aircraft
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | twin‑engine jet ⓘ |
| aircraftType |
bomber
ⓘ
supersonic bomber ⓘ |
| allianceContext |
NATO–Soviet relations
ⓘ
surface form:
NATO–Warsaw Pact confrontation
|
| armamentCapability |
air‑to‑surface missiles
ⓘ
free‑fall bombs ⓘ nuclear weapons ⓘ |
| basedOn | Tupolev design lineage ⓘ |
| conflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | 3 ⓘ |
| crewPosition | tandem cockpit ⓘ |
| designedBy | Andrei Tupolev ⓘ |
| designedFor |
conventional bombing
ⓘ
high‑speed low‑level penetration ⓘ nuclear strike missions ⓘ |
| engineType | turbojet ⓘ |
| era | Soviet era ⓘ |
| firstFlight | late 1950s ⓘ |
| introducedAsNATOName |
Cold War
ⓘ
surface form:
Cold War era
|
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Tupolev Design Bureau ⓘ |
| maxSpeedClass | supersonic ⓘ |
| NATOReportingNameFor | Tu‑22 bomber variants ⓘ |
| notableFeature | one of the first Soviet supersonic bombers ⓘ |
| operatedFrom | land bases ⓘ |
| originatesFromProgram | Soviet long‑range bomber program ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Soviet Air Forces ⓘ |
| rangeClass | medium‑range bomber ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Tupolev Tu-22 bomber
ⓘ
surface form:
Tupolev Tu-22
|
| role |
maritime strike aircraft
ⓘ
strategic bomber ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | early 1960s ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successorAircraft |
Tupolev Tu-22 bomber
ⓘ
surface form:
Tupolev Tu‑22M Backfire
|
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Iraqi Air Force
ⓘ
Libyan Air Force ⓘ Russian Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Air Force (early post‑Soviet period)
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Ukrainian Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
electronic warfare variants (Tu‑22P family)
ⓘ
maritime strike variants (Tu‑22K family) ⓘ reconnaissance variants (Tu‑22R family) ⓘ |
| wingType | swept wing ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tupolev Tu-22