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Dassault Mirage 2000
 
Dassault Mirage 2000
Country: France
Type: Fighter bomber
Manufacturer: Dassault
Service: 1984 - 2008
First Flight: 10 March 1978
Production: 611

The Mirage 2000 is a French-built multirole fighter jet manufactured by Dassault Aviation. Designed in the late seventies as a lightweight fighter for the Armee de l'Air, it evolved into a successful multirole aircraft now in service in 9 countries with more than 600 Mirages built.


TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ( Mirage 2000C)

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 14.36 m (50 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.13 m (29 ft)
  • Height: 5.30 m (17 ft 5 in)
  • Wing area: 41 m (441.32 ft)
  • Empty weight: 7,600 kg (17,000 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 13,800 kg (30,420 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 17,000 kg (37,500 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 x SNECMA M53-P2 afterburning turbofan, 95 kN (with afterburner) (64 kN (military dry thrust))

Performance

  • Maximum speed: (Mach 2.2) altitude
  • Range: 1,450 km (770 NM, 890 mi)
  • Service ceiling: 18,000 m (59,000 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 285 m/s (56,000 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 337 kg/m (69 lb/ft)
  • Thrust/weight: 0.91
  • Max sea level speed: 1,480 km/h
  • Climb to 9,700 m: 1,75 min
  • Climb to 15,000 m: 4 min
  • Turn rate at 5 g: 12°/sec
  • Turn rate at 9 g: 24°/sec.
  • Max g: normal 9 g, overloaded 11 g, break 13,5 g.

Armament

  • Guns: 2 x 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA cannons
  • Various missiles and bombs