Su-9
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The Su-9 was a Soviet supersonic jet interceptor aircraft developed in the 1950s for high-speed, high-altitude air defense missions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sukhoi Su-9 | 4 |
| Su-9 canonical | 3 |
| Su-9U | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2109233 — 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: Su-9 Context triple: [Soviet Air Defense Forces, operatedAircraft, Su-9]
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A.
Sukhoi Su-7
The Sukhoi Su-7 is a Soviet-era swept-wing fighter-bomber aircraft widely used during the Cold War for ground-attack missions.
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B.
Su-22
The Su-22 is a Soviet-designed variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber widely exported and used for ground-attack missions by several air forces, including Poland’s.
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C.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was the Soviet Union’s first operational jet fighter, entering service shortly after World War II and marking the beginning of the MiG jet fighter lineage.
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D.
Sukhoi Su-25
The Sukhoi Su-25 is a Soviet-era, twin-engine, subsonic close air support aircraft designed for attacking ground targets in frontline combat.
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E.
Sukhoi Su-27
The Sukhoi Su-27 is a Soviet-era twin-engine air superiority fighter aircraft renowned for its agility, long-range capability, and role as the basis for numerous advanced Russian fighter variants.
- 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: Su-9 Target entity description: The Su-9 was a Soviet supersonic jet interceptor aircraft developed in the 1950s for high-speed, high-altitude air defense missions.
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A.
Sukhoi Su-7
The Sukhoi Su-7 is a Soviet-era swept-wing fighter-bomber aircraft widely used during the Cold War for ground-attack missions.
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B.
Su-22
The Su-22 is a Soviet-designed variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber widely exported and used for ground-attack missions by several air forces, including Poland’s.
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C.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was the Soviet Union’s first operational jet fighter, entering service shortly after World War II and marking the beginning of the MiG jet fighter lineage.
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D.
Sukhoi Su-25
The Sukhoi Su-25 is a Soviet-era, twin-engine, subsonic close air support aircraft designed for attacking ground targets in frontline combat.
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E.
Sukhoi Su-27
The Sukhoi Su-27 is a Soviet-era twin-engine air superiority fighter aircraft renowned for its agility, long-range capability, and role as the basis for numerous advanced Russian fighter variants.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet military aircraft
ⓘ
jet interceptor aircraft ⓘ supersonic aircraft ⓘ trainer aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeOrigin | derived from Sukhoi S-1 prototype ⓘ |
| airIntakeType | nose intake ⓘ |
| armament |
K-5 (AA-1 Alkali) missiles
ⓘ
air-to-air missiles ⓘ bombs ⓘ unguided rockets ⓘ |
| category |
1950s Soviet fighter aircraft
ⓘ
OKB Sukhoi ⓘ
surface form:
Sukhoi aircraft
|
| configuration |
single-engine
ⓘ
single-seat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designer | Pavel Sukhoi ⓘ |
| developmentStartDate | 1950s ⓘ |
| engineType | turbojet ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| exportStatus | not exported widely ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1956 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | area-ruled fuselage ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Su-9
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Su-9U
|
| introductionDate | 1959 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Sukhoi Design Bureau ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately Mach 2 ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Fishpot ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Soviet Union only ⓘ |
| operationalUse | air defense of Soviet territory ⓘ |
| powerplant |
Lyulka AL-7F turbojet
ⓘ
surface form:
Lyulka AL-7 turbojet
|
| primaryMission |
airspace defense
ⓘ
high-altitude interception ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | late 1950s to early 1960s ⓘ |
| productionStatus | mass-produced ⓘ |
| radar | RP-9 radar ⓘ |
| retirementPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| role |
air defense fighter
ⓘ
conversion trainer ⓘ interceptor ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 16000 m ⓘ |
| successor |
Su-11
ⓘ
Su-15 ⓘ |
| takeoffAndLanding | conventional ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Soviet Air Defense Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Air Defence Forces
|
| wingType | delta wing ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Su-9 Description of subject: The Su-9 was a Soviet supersonic jet interceptor aircraft developed in the 1950s for high-speed, high-altitude air defense missions.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sukhoi Su-9
this entity surface form:
Su-9U
this entity surface form:
Sukhoi Su-9
subject surface form:
Lyulka AL-7F
this entity surface form:
Sukhoi Su-9
this entity surface form:
Sukhoi Su-9