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Tupolev Tu-143

ISR and electronic warfare aircraft · Air · Voronezh Aircraft Production Association · Soviet Union, Russia

Wikidata: Soviet unmanned reconnaissance aircraft

Operators among the 24
3
Active, across the 24
0
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
1982

Catalogue entry

Designation
Tu-143
First flight or launch
1970
In service
1982
Retired
–
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
Voronezh Aircraft Production Association
Wikidata classes
aircraft model
Identifiers
Q1051402 · factbase.org/sys/FDG6EPE962 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

NationActiveReserveOn orderVariants
Russiaheld
Ukraineheld
North Koreaheld

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

1981: 51985: 15198119831985max 15
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of Tupolev Tu-143 by year

Recipients: Czechoslovakia (10), Syria (5), Romania (5).

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