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Mirage No. III - E

It is a copy of the Mirage plane from which the Mirage No. 5 was derived, which Israel bought from France, and then France refused to hand it over out of concern for peace in the Middle East.

It is an aircraft in turn derived from the Mirage III, and therefore it retains the number III in its name.

It is an Intruder plane
These are its most important descriptions, which are important for the reader to see, and they apply to almost all of the copies that are their basis, as they are similar.

- Descriptions of Mirage No. III - E

It is a single seat plane.
It has a canopy that helps its brakes stop when landing on the ground.

It has a single turbojet engine, optionally assisted by a rocket engine.

The fuel it carries inside is 733 gallons (3,330 liters) if it is devoid of the rocket engine.
If this additional rocket engine is installed, the fuel must be increased by two amounts, the maximum amount for each of which is 374 gallons, to be placed in tanks under the wings.

The pilot has a seat that he throws out of the plane in case of danger, and the plane has two air conditioning devices, one for the pilot in his hangar, and the second for the electronic devices on the plane.

The plane has all the electrical and electronic devices it needs, including radar, as well as electronic computers. All of these tools are the pilot’s eyes and ears. Through them he sees, through them he hears, through them he directs, and through their guidance any weapon is launched.

- Mirage weapon No. III-E

The regular weapon of the aircraft, which operates as an interceptor aircraft, consists of an air-to-air missile placed under the fuselage, and it has two positions for two 30-millimeter diameter cannons in the fuselage as well, each with 125 rounds. On the sides there are two missiles that are fired sideways from air to air.

When the plane is used for ground attack, its weapons usually consist of the two aforementioned cannons, along with two 1,000-pound bombs each, or an air-to-air missile carried under the fuselage of the plane, and bombs weighing a thousand pounds carried under the wings. Alternatively, the plane carries under the wings a storehouse consisting of 100 pods, each of which holds 18 missiles, and 55 gallons (250 liters) of fuel.

- The speed of the Mirage No. III-E

The maximum speed of the plane, which is at an altitude of 36,000 feet (11,000 meters), is 1,430 miles (2,300) kilometers per hour. It is equal to 2.15 times the speed of sound. The maximum speed at low altitude is 925 miles (1,490 kilometers) per hour.

Its speed when engaged at high altitudes is 8 times the speed of sound.

It ascends to 36,000 feet (11,000 metres), with two payloads on either side of it, and its speed is 8.1 times the speed of sound, in 6 minutes and 30 seconds.

Mirage flight field No. III-E

Its flight range, if used for an attack near the surface of the Earth, has a maximum diameter of 560 miles (900 kilometers). As for the clash, it moves at a speed of 9 R. At the speed of sound at an altitude of 36,000 feet (11,000 meters), its sphere in the air has a maximum radius of 745 miles (1,200 kilometers).

Mirage Airplane No. (5)

It's Mirage 5

As we said, it is derived from the Mirage No. III-E
Which we have just finished describing, but it is more than that, with the additional fuel it carries, and it is broader than it is for carrying supplies. When it acts as an aircraft to attack the enemy on the ground, it can carry 4,000 kilograms of weapons and carry 1,000 liters of fuel (220 gallons). In seven places

- Its body and wings:

The Mirage No. 5 can also be used as an interceptor aircraft, and this matter must be taken into account in the type of weapon it carries and the fuel it uses to fly.

The Mirage No. 5 was first produced and displayed at the Paris Air Show in 1967.

The first order to purchase it amounted to sixty aircraft, most of which were for Israel. These sixty included two aircraft with seats for two men.

The version required for Israel is called Mirage 5 J.
In February 1968, a request came to the company requesting 88 of these aircraft for the Belgian Air Force, and there was a possibility of increasing this request by about 68 other aircraft. This Belgian order consists of 3 copies of the Mirage 5.

The Mirage aircraft that Israel has:

Before the June 1967/72 war, Israel had a Mirage 3 aircraft, of the version coded III-C J.
The company began sending them to Israel in early 1963.
We note that the symbols of the aircraft that Israel requested from France included the letter J, perhaps the first letter of the name Jerusalem, meaning Jerusalem.