Gulf of Sidra incident 1986
E786080
The Gulf of Sidra incident of 1986 was a Cold War-era military confrontation in which U.S. naval and air forces clashed with Libya over contested territorial waters, resulting in the downing of Libyan aircraft.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1986 Gulf of Sidra incident | 2 |
| Gulf of Sidra incident 1986 canonical | 1 |
| Libya–United States military confrontations | 1 |
| U.S.–Libya military confrontations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9192992 — 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.
Target entity: Gulf of Sidra incident 1986 Context triple: [Gulf of Sidra, wasSiteOf, Gulf of Sidra incident 1986]
-
A.
Gulf of Sidra incident 1981
The Gulf of Sidra incident 1981 was a Cold War-era aerial confrontation in which U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan fighter jets over disputed waters off Libya.
-
B.
Aden Emergency
The Aden Emergency was a violent insurgency and period of civil unrest in the 1960s in the British-controlled port of Aden, marking a key episode in the end of British colonial rule in South Arabia.
-
C.
The Persian Gulf TV War
The Persian Gulf TV War is a critical media studies book by Douglas Kellner that analyzes how television coverage shaped public perception and politics during the 1990–1991 Gulf War.
-
D.
Green March
The Green March was a 1975 mass demonstration organized by Morocco in which hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians crossed into Spanish Sahara to pressure Spain into relinquishing control of the territory.
-
E.
Soviet–Iranian naval incidents
The Soviet–Iranian naval incidents were a series of Cold War–era maritime confrontations and tensions between the Soviet Union and Iran in the Caspian Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gulf of Sidra incident 1986 Target entity description: The Gulf of Sidra incident of 1986 was a Cold War-era military confrontation in which U.S. naval and air forces clashed with Libya over contested territorial waters, resulting in the downing of Libyan aircraft.
-
A.
Gulf of Sidra incident 1981
The Gulf of Sidra incident 1981 was a Cold War-era aerial confrontation in which U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan fighter jets over disputed waters off Libya.
-
B.
Aden Emergency
The Aden Emergency was a violent insurgency and period of civil unrest in the 1960s in the British-controlled port of Aden, marking a key episode in the end of British colonial rule in South Arabia.
-
C.
The Persian Gulf TV War
The Persian Gulf TV War is a critical media studies book by Douglas Kellner that analyzes how television coverage shaped public perception and politics during the 1990–1991 Gulf War.
-
D.
Green March
The Green March was a 1975 mass demonstration organized by Morocco in which hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians crossed into Spanish Sahara to pressure Spain into relinquishing control of the territory.
-
E.
Soviet–Iranian naval incidents
The Soviet–Iranian naval incidents were a series of Cold War–era maritime confrontations and tensions between the Soviet Union and Iran in the Caspian Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War event
ⓘ
aerial engagement ⓘ military incident ⓘ |
| aircraftUsedByLibya |
MiG-25
ⓘ
Sukhoi Su-22 ⓘ
linked to:
Su-22
|
| aircraftUsedByUS |
A-6 Intruder
ⓘ
F-14 Tomcat ⓘ
linked to:
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
|
| alsoKnownAs |
1986 Gulf of Sidra incident
ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Sidra incident 1986
|
| belligerent |
Libyan Air Force
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| cause |
U.S. freedom of navigation exercise
ⓘ
dispute over territorial waters in Gulf of Sidra ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| conflict |
Libya
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| countryInvolved |
Libya
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| date | 1986-03-24 ⓘ |
| era | late Cold War ⓘ |
| followedBy | Operation El Dorado Canyon ⓘ |
| LibyanAircraftLost | 2 ⓘ |
| LibyanLeader | Muammar Gaddafi ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gulf of Sidra
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| navalForcesInvolved |
U.S. Sixth Fleet
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Sixth Fleet
|
| opposedClaim | Libyan claim to "Line of Death" across Gulf of Sidra ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cold War
ⓘ
U.S.–Libya military confrontations ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Sidra incident 1986
|
| precededBy |
1981 Gulf of Sidra incident
ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Sidra incident 1981
|
| region | off the coast of Libya ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
1981 Gulf of Sidra incident
ⓘ
linked to:
Gulf of Sidra incident 1981
Operation El Dorado Canyon ⓘ |
| result |
U.S. victory
ⓘ
downing of Libyan aircraft ⓘ |
| statusOfWatersClaimedByLibya | claimed as internal waters by Libya ⓘ |
| statusOfWatersClaimedByUS | considered international waters by United States ⓘ |
| territorialDispute | extent of Libyan territorial waters in Gulf of Sidra ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | Libyan forces firing on U.S. units ⓘ |
| USCasualties | 0 ⓘ |
| USObjective |
assert freedom of navigation rights
ⓘ
challenge Libyan maritime claims ⓘ |
| USOperationType | freedom of navigation operation ⓘ |
| USPresident | Ronald Reagan ⓘ |
| weaponsUsed |
AIM-7 Sparrow
ⓘ
linked to:
AIM-7 Sparrow missiles
AIM-9 Sidewinder ⓘ
linked to:
AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles
|
| year | 1986 ⓘ |
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.
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.
Subject: Gulf of Sidra incident 1986 Description of subject: The Gulf of Sidra incident of 1986 was a Cold War-era military confrontation in which U.S. naval and air forces clashed with Libya over contested territorial waters, resulting in the downing of Libyan aircraft.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.