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Specifications

General characteristics

* Role: Multi-role fighter aircraft
* Crew: 1 or 2
* First Flight 1986 (demonstrator), 1991 (prototype)
* Length: 15.3 m (50 ft 2 in)
* Wingspan: 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
* Height: 5.34 m (17 ft 6 in)
* Wing area: 46 m² (ft²)
* Empty:

Air: 9,060 kg (19,975 lb)
Marine: 9,800 kg (21,319 lb)

* Loaded: 14,710 kg (32,330 lb)
* Maximum takeoff: 19,700 kg (42,990 lb)
* Powerplant: 2 Snecma M88-2 turbofans each rated at 75 kN (17,000 lbf) in reheat

Performance

* Maximum speed:
o Mach 2.0+ — 2325km/h at altitude
* Range: : 1850 km (1150 miles)
* Service ceiling: 18,000 m (60,000 ft)
* Rate of climb: 333 m/min (>10,000 ft/min)
* Wing loading: 320 kg/m² (65.6 lb/ft²)
* Thrust/weight: 6.39 N/kg (0.725 lbf/lb)

Avionics

* Thales RBE2 radar.
* Thales Spectra electronic warfare system.
* Thales/SAGEM OSF (Optronique Secteur Frontal) infrared search and track system.

Armament

* Guns: 1 30 mm GIAT 30/719B cannon with 125 rounds.
* Missiles:

air-to-air missile: MICA IR/EM, AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-132 ASRAAM, AIM-120 AMRAAM, MBDA Meteor, MAGIC 2.
air-to-ground weapons: MBDA Apache, SCALP EG, AASM, AM 39 Exocet, ASMP nuclear missile.

* Bombs: Various

Source: Wikipedia