Tupolev Tu-16 bomber

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The Tupolev Tu-16 bomber is a Soviet twin‑engine jet strategic bomber introduced in the 1950s, widely used for long-range bombing, maritime strike, and reconnaissance roles throughout the Cold War.

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Label Occurrences
Tupolev Tu-16 8
Soviet Long‑Range Aviation 1
Tu-16 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jet bomber
military aircraft
strategic bomber
armament defensive cannon turrets
internal bomb bay
bombLoad up to about 9000 kg
construction all-metal monoplane
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crew 6
designedFor conventional bombing
long-range bombing missions
nuclear weapons delivery
engineType turbojet
enteredService mid-1950s
era Cold War
exportVersion Xian H-6
firstFlight 1952-04-27
introduced 1954
landingGear tricycle landing gear
licenseBuiltIn China
manufacturer Tupolev
surface form: Tupolev Design Bureau
maximumSpeed about 1050 km/h
natoReportingName Badger
numberOfEngines 2
powerplant Mikulin AM-3 turbojet
primaryUsers Egyptian Air Force
Indonesian Air Force
Iraqi Air Force
Chinese Air Force
surface form: People's Liberation Army Air Force

Soviet Air Forces
Soviet Naval Aviation
producedInCountry Soviet Union
range about 7200 km
role electronic warfare
maritime strike
reconnaissance
strategic bombing
serviceCeiling about 12500 m
status retired in Russia
successor Tupolev Tu-22 bomber
surface form: Tupolev Tu-22M
tailConfiguration conventional tail
usedInConflict Iran–Iraq War
Six-Day War
Yom Kippur War
variant Tu-16K missile carrier
Tu-16P electronic warfare version
Tu-16R reconnaissance version
Tu-16T torpedo bomber
wingConfiguration swept wing

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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Description of subject: The Tupolev Tu-16 bomber is a Soviet twin‑engine jet strategic bomber introduced in the 1950s, widely used for long-range bombing, maritime strike, and reconnaissance roles throughout the Cold War.

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andrei Tupolev notableWork Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
Soviet Air Forces notableAircraft Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-16
Tupolev hasProduct Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-16
Tupolev Tu-2 bomber successor Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-2
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu‑16
Tupolev Tu-4 bomber successor Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-4
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-16
Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner developedFrom Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-104
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-16
VVS operatedAircraftModel Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
this entity surface form: Tu-16
Xian H-6 basedOn Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-16
Bat successor Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-16
Mikulin AM-3 turbojet usedIn Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
subject surface form: Mikulin AM-3
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-16
Badger refersTo Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-16
Badger notableUser Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
this entity surface form: Soviet Long‑Range Aviation