Tupolev Tu-95
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The Tupolev Tu-95 is a long-range Soviet/Russian strategic bomber and maritime patrol aircraft, recognizable by its swept wings and four turboprop engines with contra-rotating propellers.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tupolev Tu-95 canonical | 7 |
| Tu-95 family | 2 |
| Tu-95 | 1 |
| Tu-95 "Bear" | 1 |
| Tupolev Tu-95 bomber | 1 |
| Tu‑95 Bear | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13104522 — 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-95 Context triple: [Bear, refersTo, Tupolev Tu-95]
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A.
Tu-95K
The Tu-95K is a Soviet-era long-range strategic bomber and missile carrier, developed from the Tu-95 family to deliver nuclear-armed cruise missiles.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
Tu-95MS
The Tu-95MS is a long-range, turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile carrier developed by the Soviet Union and still operated by Russia for nuclear and conventional strike missions.
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E.
Tupolev Tu-142
The Tupolev Tu-142 is a long-range Soviet/Russian maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed from the Tu-95 strategic bomber.
- 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-95 Target entity description: The Tupolev Tu-95 is a long-range Soviet/Russian strategic bomber and maritime patrol aircraft, recognizable by its swept wings and four turboprop engines with contra-rotating propellers.
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A.
Tu-95K
The Tu-95K is a Soviet-era long-range strategic bomber and missile carrier, developed from the Tu-95 family to deliver nuclear-armed cruise missiles.
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B.
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.
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C.
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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D.
Tu-95MS
The Tu-95MS is a long-range, turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile carrier developed by the Soviet Union and still operated by Russia for nuclear and conventional strike missions.
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E.
Tupolev Tu-142
The Tupolev Tu-142 is a long-range Soviet/Russian maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed from the Tu-95 strategic bomber.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
maritime patrol aircraft
ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ strategic bomber ⓘ turboprop aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | mid-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| aircraftFamily |
Tu-95 family
ⓘ
linked to:
Tupolev Tu-95
|
| armament |
conventional bombs
ⓘ
cruise missiles ⓘ nuclear bombs ⓘ tail gun ⓘ |
| conflictUsedIn | Cold War strategic deterrence ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | 7 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | 710 km/h ⓘ |
| designedBy | Andrei Tupolev ⓘ |
| emptyWeight | 90000 kg ⓘ |
| engineModel | Kuznetsov NK-12 ⓘ |
| engineType | turboprop ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith |
Long-Range Aviation of the Soviet Air Forces
ⓘ
linked to:
Soviet Long-Range Aviation
|
| firstFlight | 1952-11-12 ⓘ |
| height | 12.1 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1956 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 46.2 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Tupolev Design Bureau ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 925 km/h ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | 185000 kg ⓘ |
| NATOreportingName | Bear ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
long endurance
ⓘ
very loud engine noise ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| primaryUser |
Russian Aerospace Forces
ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ |
| propellerType | contra-rotating ⓘ |
| range | 15000 km ⓘ |
| role |
maritime patrol
ⓘ
nuclear weapons delivery ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ strategic bombing ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 13000 m ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| successor | Tupolev Tu-160 ⓘ |
| tailGunCaliber | 23 mm ⓘ |
| variant |
Tu-95K
ⓘ
Tu-95MR ⓘ
linked to:
Tu-95RTs
Tu-95MS ⓘ Tu-95MSM ⓘ
linked to:
Tu-95MS
Tu-95RTs ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | swept wing ⓘ |
| wingspan | 50.1 m ⓘ |
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: Tupolev Tu-95 Description of subject: The Tupolev Tu-95 is a long-range Soviet/Russian strategic bomber and maritime patrol aircraft, recognizable by its swept wings and four turboprop engines with contra-rotating propellers.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Tupolev Tu-95