The Dassault Mirage III is a French single-engine supersonic fighter aircraft manufactured since the late 1950s by the Dassault Aviation company, designed as a low-wing, delta-wing aircraft. She was the first Western European fighter to exceed Mach 2 in horizontal flight.
The reconnaissance version of the “triple” received the designation Mirage IIIR .
At the end of 1982, a prototype version of the Dassault-Breguet Mirage IIING (Nouvelle Génération) took off in France, powered by a 70.60 kN afterburner SNECMA Atar 9K50 engine. The profile of the wing was modified together with the widening of the leading edge and the addition of auxiliary surfaces behind the air inlets to the engine. The aircraft was also equipped with fly-by-wire electro-impulsive control and a Cyrano IV radar. The main armament consisted of a pair of 30 mm DEFA cannons, the outboard could contain Matra Magic missiles, Matra R-530 or other armament up to a weight of 4,000 kg.
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Recommended for ages 14+.