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| Dassault-Breguet Super Etendard |
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| Country:
France |
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Type: Attack |
| Manufacturer:
Dassault-Breguet |
| Service:
1978 - 2008 |
| First
Flight: 28 October 1974 |
| Production:
74 |
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The Dassault-Breguet Super Etendard is a French carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft designed for service with the French Navy. The French Navy ordered 60 of the new model, which were delivered from June 1978 and the Argentinian Navy ordered 14. The Super Etendard had been developed in parallel with a new air-launched version of the Aerospatiale anti-shipping missile, the AM 39 Exocet, and these were supplied to Argentina as well. All Super Etendards are expected to be retired from French service by 2010. Only two of the Argentine aircraft are presently operational.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( Super Etendard) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 14.31 m (45 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
- Height: 3.85 m (12 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 29 m (312 ft)
- Empty weight: 6,460 kg (14,200 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 11,500 kg (25,300 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 x SNECMA Atar 8K-50 turbojet, 49.0 kN (11,000 lbf)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 1,180 km/h (637 knots, 733 mph)
- Range: 3,400 km (2,200 mi)
- Service ceiling 13,700 m (44,900 ft)
- Rate of climb: 100 m/s (19,700 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 396 kg/m (81.1 lb/ft)
- Thrust/weight: 0.43
Armament
- Guns: 2 x 30 mm (1.18 in) cannon
- Bombs: 2,100 kg (4,600 lb) of bombs, rockets and missiles
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