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About the aircraft Rafale M

The Dassault Rafale (English: Squall) is a French twin-engined delta-wing highly agile multi-role fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Introduced in 2000, the Rafale is being produced both for land-based use with the French Air Force and for carrier-based operations with the French Navy

This is the carrier-borne version for the Aéronavale, which entered service in 2002.
The Rafale M weighs about 500 kg (1,100 lb) more than the Rafale C. Very similar to the Rafale C in appearance, the M differs in the following respects:

Strengthened to withstand the rigors of carrier-based aviation
Stronger landing gear
Longer nose gear leg to provide a more nose-up attitude for catapult launches
Deleted front centre pylon (to give space for the longer gear)
Large stinger-type tailhook between the engines
Built-in power operated boarding ladder
Carrier microwave landing system
"Telemir" inertial reference platform that can receive updates from the carrier systems.

Introduced: 4 December 2000

Type: Rafale M

Manufacturer: Dassault Aviation

Weight: Max takeoff weight: 24,500 kg (54,000 lb)

Dimensions:
Length: 15.27 m (50.0 ft)
Wingspan: 10.80 m (35.4 ft)
Height: 5.34 m (17.4 ft)
Wing area: 45.7 m² (492 ft²)

Role: Multirole fighter aircraft

Crew: 1

Engine: Twin 17,000 lbf (75 kN) SNECMA M88-2 afterburning turbofans

Performance:
Max Speed:Mach 1.8
Climb Rate:
Ceiling: 18,000 m (60,000 ft)
Range: 1,800 km (970 nm, 1,100 mi)

Variants: A-B-C-D-M-N

Primary users:
French Air Force
French Navy

Source:

www.military-aircraft.org.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Rafale

More Information:

www.military-aircraft.org.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_Rafale

Camouflage and colors

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Armament:
Single 30 mm GIAT 30/719B cannon

Air-to-air Missiles can be any of the following:
MICA IR/EM
AIM-9 Sidewinder
AIM-132 ASRAAM
AIM-120 AMRAAM
MBDA Meteor
Magic II

Air-to-ground Missiles can be any of the following:
MBDA Apache
SCALP EG
AASM
AM 39 Exocet
ASMP nuclear missile

Source: www.military-aircraft.org.uk

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