The Dassault Mirage is a tailless delta configuration Jet Fighter designed in France by Dassault Aviation in 1953 to meet a French government specification, the prototype first flying in June 1955.
The Dassault Mirage III is an improved and modernised version of the original design utilising the more powerful SNECMA Atar afterburning turbojet and was the first production variant of the Dassault Mirage and first flew in 1956 and is still in use Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Egypt, Libya and Pakistan.
Specification: Dassault Mirage III
Crew: Pilot only
Length: 15 m (49 ft 3.5 in)
Wingspan: 8.22 m (26 ft 11 in)
Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Empty weight: 7,050 kg (15,600 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 13,500 kg (29,700 lb)
Engine: Single SNECMA Atar 09C turbojet
Maximum speed: Mach 2.2 (2,350 km/h, 1,460 mph)
Range: 2,400 km (1,300 NM, 1,500 mi)
Service ceiling: 17,000 m (56,000 ft)
Armament:
Twin 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 cannon
Single centreline and four under-wing hard-points for 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) of stores which can include a single Matra R530 and twin AIM-9 Sidewinder or Matra Magic R550 nair-to-air missiles and general-purpose bombs, some variants can carry AM-39 Exocet anti-ship missile or French AdA IIIEs or AN-52 nuclear bomb
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