Mirage IV
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The Mirage IV is a French twin-engine supersonic strategic bomber and reconnaissance aircraft developed by Dassault for the French Air Force’s nuclear deterrent role during the Cold War.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mirage IVA | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military aircraft
ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ strategic bomber ⓘ twin‑engine jet aircraft ⓘ |
| airRefuelingCapability | yes ⓘ |
| armament |
AN-11 nuclear bomb
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
AN-22 nuclear bomb ⓘ ASMP nuclear missile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| construction | all‑metal stressed‑skin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Dassault design team led by Marcel Dassault ⓘ |
| designedFor | French nuclear deterrent ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Dassault Mirage III (design lineage) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineModel | SNECMA Atar 9K NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | turbofan ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWithUnit | French Strategic Air Forces (Forces Aériennes Stratégiques) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1959-06-17 ⓘ |
| firstNuclearDeterrentAircraftOf | France GENERATED ⓘ |
| height | 5.4 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1964 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 23.5 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Dassault Aviation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed |
Mach 2.2
ⓘ
around 2,300 km/h ⓘ |
| maxTakeoffWeight | around 33,000 kg ⓘ |
| nuclearDeliveryMethod |
free-fall bomb
ⓘ
stand-off missile ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 66 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | Armée de l’Air NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUser | French Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsionLayout | twin‑engine in rear fuselage ⓘ |
| range | around 4,000 km ⓘ |
| retired | 2005 ⓘ |
| role |
aerial reconnaissance
ⓘ
nuclear strike ⓘ strategic bombing ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | around 20,000 m ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| takeoffType | conventional runway takeoff ⓘ |
| usedFor | strategic reconnaissance over long range ⓘ |
| variant |
Mirage IVA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mirage IVP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | delta wing ⓘ |
| wingspan | 11.85 m ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mirage IVA