Tupolev Tu-143

Tu-143
Tu-143 "Reys"
General information
Type	unmanned reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer	Tupolev
Status	Active
Primary user	Soviet Union Russia Ukraine
Number built	950
History
Manufactured	1973–1989 (Tu-243 1994-)
Introduction date	1976 (Army i.e. Ground Forces, SSV) 1982 (Air Force, VVS) (Tu-243 1999)
First flight	1970 (Tu-243 1987)
Developed from	Tupolev Tu-141

The Tupolev Tu-143 Reys (Flight or Trip, Russian: Рейс; also Reis, Rejs) was a Soviet unmanned reconnaissance aircraft in service with the Soviet Army and a number of its Warsaw Pact and Middle East allies during the late 1970s and 1980s. It contained a reconnaissance pod that was recovered after flight, and from which imagery was retrieved.^[1]