Tupolev Tu-141

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Tupolev TU-141 Strizh
General characteristics
Length	14.33 meters	47 feet
Wingspan	3.875 meters	12 feet 8 inches
Launch weight	5,370 kilograms	11,840 pounds
Cruising speed	1,000 km/h	620 mph / 540 kt
Service ceiling	6,000 meters	19,700 feet
Range	1,000 km	620 mi / 540 nmi
Unmanned aerial vehicle

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

The Tu-141 was a follow-on to the Tupolev Tu-123 ans 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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This article contains material that originally came from the web article Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Greg Goebel, which exists in the Public Domain.