Mirage IV, France Air Force long-range bomber – part1

Mirage IVA data

Description : Role Bomber aircraft

Crew : Two-pilot, navigator

First flight : 17 June 1959

Entered service : 1964

Manufacturer : Dassault Aviation

Dimensions : Length – 23.50m 77ft

            Wingspan – 11.84m 38ft 11 in

Height – 5.65m 18ft 6 in

Wing area – 78.00m² 840 ft²

Weights – Empty 14,500kg 32,000ib

          Loaded 31,600kg 69,666ib

Maximum takeoff : 33,475kg 73,645ib

Powerplant : Engines – 2x SNECMA ATAR 9k-50

            :Thrust – 75.61 kn 31,750ib

Performance : Maximum speed – Mach 2.2(high altitude dash)

             Combat Radius – 1,240 km 775 miles

             Ferry range – 4,000 km 2,500 miles

             Service ceiling – 20,000 m 65,615ft

             Rate of climb – 2,588m/min 8,490 ft/min

             Wing loading – 405-429kg/m² 83-88 ib/ft²

             Thrust/Weight – 0.46ibf / ib 4.6 N/kg

Avionics : Avionics Thomson-CSF(Thales) navigation radar, Doppler navigation, INS(IVP)

Armament : Bombs – 1 AN-11 or AN-22 free-fall bomb (Mirage IVA)

           Missiles – 1 medium range air-to-round missile ASMP (Mirage IVP)

Other CT-52 sensor pod for strategic reconnaissance

M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System(HIMARS) – part1

The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System(HIMARS) is the newest member of the Multiple Launch Rocket System family. It is a highly mobile artillery rocket system that MLRS firepower on a wheeled vehicle, making it an ideal system for the medium-weight brigades under the new Army Vision. The HIMARS launcher, a wheeled vehicle, is lighter in weight compared to the MLRS M-270 launcher. It weighs approx 15 tons, compared to 27 tons for the M-270.