Dassault Mirage III

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fighter aircraft jet aircraft military aircraft supersonic aircraft

The Dassault Mirage III is a French single-engine delta-wing fighter aircraft introduced in the late 1950s, notable as one of the first successful European supersonic combat jets and widely exported and used in numerous conflicts.

Aliases (1)

Mirage III ×2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fighter aircraft → jet aircraft → military aircraft → supersonic aircraft →
armamentFixed	2× 30 mm DEFA cannon →
armamentType	air-to-air missiles → air-to-ground ordnance →
countryOfOrigin	France →
crew	1 →
designedBy	Marcel Dassault →
developedFrom	Dassault Mirage I →
engineType	single-engine jet →
exportedTo	Argentina → Australia → Israel → Pakistan → South Africa → Switzerland →
firstFlightDate	1956-11-17 →
hasVariant	Mirage IIIC → Mirage IIID → Mirage IIIE → Mirage IIIO → Mirage IIIR → Mirage IIIS →
introduced	1961 →
manufacturer	Dassault Aviation →
maxSpeed	around 2,350 km/h at altitude →
maxSpeedMach	2.0 →
notableFeature	one of the first successful European supersonic combat jets → tailless delta-wing design →
operator	Argentine Air Force → French Air Force → Israeli Air Force → Pakistan Air Force → Royal Australian Air Force → South African Air Force → Swiss Air Force →
powerplant	SNECMA Atar turbojet →
primaryRole	interceptor →
secondaryRole	fighter-bomber → reconnaissance aircraft →
serviceCeiling	around 17,000 m →
successor	Dassault Mirage 5 → Dassault Mirage F1 →
usedInConflict	Falklands War → Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 → Six-Day War → War of Attrition → Yom Kippur War →
wingConfiguration	delta wing →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dassault Mirage 2000 →	developedFrom
Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace →	hasExhibit
Dassault Aviation ("Mirage III") →	product
Argentine Air Force ("Mirage III") →	usedAircraft