SA-6 Gainful
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SA-6 Gainful is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet 2K12 Kub mobile, medium-range surface-to-air missile system designed to defend ground forces against low- to medium-altitude air attacks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SA-6 Gainful canonical | 3 |
| SA‑6 Gainful | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6788999 — 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 Gainful Context triple: [2K12 Kub, NATOReportingName, SA-6 Gainful]
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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.
SA6
SA6 is a 3GPP working group responsible for standardizing mission-critical and application-layer services in mobile communication systems.
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C.
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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D.
SA-08
SA-08 is the ISO 3166-2 subdivision code assigned to Saudi Arabia’s Northern Borders Region.
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E.
SA3
SA3 is the 3GPP security working group responsible for specifying and evolving security architecture and mechanisms across mobile communication standards.
- 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 Gainful Target entity description: SA-6 Gainful is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet 2K12 Kub mobile, medium-range surface-to-air missile system designed to defend ground forces against low- to medium-altitude air attacks.
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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.
SA6
SA6 is a 3GPP working group responsible for standardizing mission-critical and application-layer services in mobile communication systems.
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C.
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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D.
SA-08
SA-08 is the ISO 3166-2 subdivision code assigned to Saudi Arabia’s Northern Borders Region.
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E.
SA3
SA3 is the 3GPP security working group responsible for specifying and evolving security architecture and mechanisms across mobile communication standards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet weapon system
ⓘ
mobile air defense system ⓘ surface-to-air missile system ⓘ |
| alternativeDesignation | 2K12 Kub ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| crew | multiple operators ⓘ |
| deploymentMode | regimental-level air defense ⓘ |
| designedFor |
low-altitude air defense
ⓘ
medium-altitude air defense ⓘ |
| designedTo | defend ground forces against air attack ⓘ |
| designedToCounter |
attack helicopters
ⓘ
tactical aircraft ⓘ |
| developedBy | Soviet design bureaus ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1967 ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| guidanceType |
radio command guidance
ⓘ
semi-active radar homing terminal phase ⓘ |
| hasNATOReportingName | SA-6 Gainful ⓘ |
| hasNATOReportingNameFor | 2K12 Kub ⓘ |
| launcherConfiguration | three-rail launcher ⓘ |
| mobility | self-propelled tracked launcher ⓘ |
| mountedOn | GM-578 tracked chassis ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Cube in Russian ⓘ |
| originLanguageName | Куб ⓘ |
| primaryMissile | 3M9 missile ⓘ |
| propulsion | solid-fuel rocket ⓘ |
| radarComponent | 1S91 radar ⓘ |
| radarRole |
target acquisition
ⓘ
target tracking ⓘ |
| rangeCategory | medium-range ⓘ |
| serviceBranch |
Soviet Army
ⓘ
linked to:
Red Army
|
| successorSystem |
Buk missile system
ⓘ
linked to:
Buk surface-to-air missile system
|
| typicalEngagementCeiling | up to about 14 km ⓘ |
| typicalEngagementRange | up to about 24 km ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Egypt
ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ Libya ⓘ Russia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ Syria ⓘ Warsaw Pact countries ⓘ
linked to:
Warsaw Pact
Yugoslavia ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Iran–Iraq War ⓘ Kosovo War ⓘ Lebanon War 1982 ⓘ
linked to:
1982 Lebanon War
Yom Kippur War ⓘ |
| 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 Gainful Description of subject: SA-6 Gainful is the NATO reporting name for the Soviet 2K12 Kub mobile, medium-range surface-to-air missile system designed to defend ground forces against low- to medium-altitude air attacks.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile system
subject linked to:
SA-6 Gainful
linked to: SA-6 Gainful