Dassault Super-Étendard

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83, Air Power Classics

General characteristics

Crew: 1

Length: 14.31 m (45 ft 11½ in)

Wingspan: 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)

Height: 3.86 m (12 ft 8 in)

Wing area: 28.4 m² (306.7 ft²)

Empty weight: 6,500 kg (14,330 lb)

Max. takeoff weight: 12,000 kg (26,455 lb)

Powerplant: 1 × SNECMA Atar 8K-50 turbojet, 49.0 kN (11,025 lbf)

Performance

Maximum speed: 1,000 km/h (637 knots, 733 mph) at low level

Range: 1,820 km[59] (983 nmi, 1,130 mi)

Combat radius: 850 km (460 nmi, 530 mi) with one AM39 Exocet missile one wing pylon and one drop tank on opposite pylon, hi-lo-hi profile
Service ceiling: 13,700 m (44,900 ft)

Rate of climb: 100 m/s[60] (19,700 ft/min)

Wing loading: 423 kg/m² (86.3 lb/ft²)

Thrust/weight: 0.42

Armament

Guns: 2× 30 mm (1.18 in) DEFA 552 cannons with 125 rounds per gun

Hardpoints: 4× underwing and 2× under-fuselage with a capacity of 2,100 kg (4,600 lb) maximum

Rockets: 4× Matra rocket pods with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets each

Missiles: **1× AM-39 Exocet Anti-shipping missile or

1× Air-Sol Moyenne Portée nuclear armed missile or

2× AS-30L or

2× Matra Magic Air-to-air missile

Bombs: Conventional unguided or laser-guided bombs, provision for 1 × AN-52 free-fall nuclear bomb, provision for "buddy" air refuelling pod

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