Thunderbird

1959 surface-to-air missile system by English Electric
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Thunderbird
Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Thunderbird

Summary

Thunderbird is an artillery family[1]. Thunderbird draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (artillery_family category, ranking #40 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thunderbird's image is recorded as English electric thunderbird in 1960 arp.jpg[3].
  • Thunderbird's instance of is recorded as artillery family[4].
  • Thunderbird's operator is recorded as British Army[5].
  • Thunderbird's manufacturer is recorded as English Electric[6].
  • Thunderbird's subclass of is recorded as surface-to-air missile system[7].
  • Thunderbird's subclass of is recorded as portable weapon system[8].
  • Thunderbird's Commons category is recorded as English Electric Thunderbird[9].
  • Thunderbird's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • Thunderbird's guidance system is recorded as semi-active radar homing[11].
  • Thunderbird's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/086779[12].
  • Thunderbird's service entry is recorded as +1959-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Thunderbird's service retirement is recorded as +1977-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Thunderbird's described by source is recorded as Jane's Weapon Systems 1973-74[15].

Body

Designation and Status

Thunderbird's instance of is recorded as artillery family[4].

Why It Matters

Thunderbird draws 62 Wikipedia views per month (artillery_family category, ranking #40 of 73).[2] Thunderbird has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Thunderbird is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jane's Weapon Systems 1973-74. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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