SA-6
E902333
SA-6 is a Soviet-era mobile surface-to-air missile system, known by the NATO reporting name "Gainful," designed to engage low- to medium-altitude aircraft.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| SA-6 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10999083 — 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: SA-6 Context triple: [S-I, usedInMission, SA-6]
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A.
SA-5
SA-5 is a track from Beck’s acclaimed 1996 album "Odelay," known for its eclectic, sample-heavy alternative rock sound.
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B.
SA-4
SA-4 was an early uncrewed Saturn I test flight in NASA’s Apollo program, used to validate the rocket’s performance and systems before crewed missions.
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C.
SA-2
SA-2 is a specific space mission or spacecraft designation associated with the S-I launch vehicle in the early U.S. space program.
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D.
SA-501
SA-501 was the first Saturn V launch vehicle, used for the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight that validated the rocket and spacecraft for future lunar missions.
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E.
SA-10
SA-10 is a specific aircraft (or spacecraft) designation known primarily as the final vehicle flown by the pilot or mission labeled S-I.
- 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: SA-6 Target entity description: SA-6 is a Soviet-era mobile surface-to-air missile system, known by the NATO reporting name "Gainful," designed to engage low- to medium-altitude aircraft.
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A.
SA-5
SA-5 is a track from Beck’s acclaimed 1996 album "Odelay," known for its eclectic, sample-heavy alternative rock sound.
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B.
SA-4
SA-4 was an early uncrewed Saturn I test flight in NASA’s Apollo program, used to validate the rocket’s performance and systems before crewed missions.
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C.
SA-2
SA-2 is a specific space mission or spacecraft designation associated with the S-I launch vehicle in the early U.S. space program.
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D.
SA-501
SA-501 was the first Saturn V launch vehicle, used for the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight that validated the rocket and spacecraft for future lunar missions.
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E.
SA-10
SA-10 is a specific aircraft (or spacecraft) designation known primarily as the final vehicle flown by the pilot or mission labeled S-I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet weapon system
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mobile air defense system ⓘ surface-to-air missile system ⓘ |
| controlMethod | aerodynamic control surfaces ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| deploymentType | regimental-level air defense ⓘ |
| designedFor |
battlefield air defense
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engaging low-altitude aircraft ⓘ engaging medium-altitude aircraft ⓘ |
| designedToCounter |
fighter-bombers
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low-flying attack aircraft ⓘ |
| developedBy |
OKB-134
NERFINISHED
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Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1967 ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| exported | yes ⓘ |
| guidanceType | semi-active radar homing ⓘ |
| hasNATOReportingName | Gainful NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSovietDesignation | 2K12 Kub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchMethod | rail-launched from TEL ⓘ |
| launchPlatform | tracked transporter erector launcher ⓘ |
| missileConfiguration | two-stage solid-fuel missile ⓘ |
| missileCountPerTEL | 3 ⓘ |
| mobilityType | tracked ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
effective against low-altitude targets for its time
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high mobility compared to earlier Soviet SAMs ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment | field-mobile units ⓘ |
| primaryRole | air defense ⓘ |
| propulsion | solid-fuel rocket motor ⓘ |
| radarBand | C-band ⓘ |
| radarComponent | Straight Flush fire-control radar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorSystem | Buk (SA-11 Gadfly) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| systemComponents |
TEL vehicles
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command and control elements ⓘ fire-control radar ⓘ missiles ⓘ |
| typicalBatteryComposition | multiple TELs with associated radar ⓘ |
| usedBy |
African countries
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Asian countries ⓘ Middle Eastern countries NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Warsaw Pact countries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Balkan conflicts
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Gulf War ⓘ Iran–Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ Lebanon War NERFINISHED ⓘ Yom Kippur War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| warheadType | high-explosive fragmentation ⓘ |
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: SA-6 Description of subject: SA-6 is a Soviet-era mobile surface-to-air missile system, known by the NATO reporting name "Gainful," designed to engage low- to medium-altitude aircraft.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.