Tupolev Tu-141

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The Tupolev Tu-141 Strizh (Swift, _ru. Стриж) was a Soviet reconnaissance drone.

The Tu-141 was a follow-on to the Tupolev Tu-123 and was a relatively large, medium-range reconnaissance UAV. It was another dartlike machine, with a rear-mounted delta wing, forward-mounted canards, and a KR-17A turbojet engine mounted above the tail. It could carry a range of payloads, including film cameras, infrared imagers, EO imagers, and imaging radar. The Tu-141 was in Soviet service from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, and was provided to Soviet allies after that.

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References

This article contains material that originally came from the web article [http://www.vectorsite.net/twuav.html "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles"] by Greg Goebel, which exists in the Public Domain.