In 1976, Dassault-Breguet Aviation announced a private funded "Delta Super Mirage" project which was a scaled-up version of the Mirage 2000 with twin SNECMA engines installation. Two years later, a mockup which sized comparable to the F-15 and the Su-27 was displayed. It caught Saudi Arabian's interest in serious. In 1979, a demonstrate aircraft named Super Mirage 4000 was rolled out. It was the world's first aircraft to have parts made from carbon-coated composite for weight reduction and fatigue resistance. First flight was made as expecting excellence performance, and achieved Mach 2 in its sixth flight. However, due to its high cost, no any agreement on sales was reached. In 1986, it was renamed Mirage 4000 and was repainted with a new desert camouflage scheme to be used as test platform for the Rafale fighter until it retired in 1995. Afterward Mirage 4000 was displayed at the Paris Air & Space Museum.

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Fighter bomber

To fulfill interception and low-altitude penetration roles

12m.

18.7m.

14.36m.

2x SNECMA M53-5 turbofans engine

1520 mph (Mach 2.3)

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30mm DEFA cannon / 8 tons ordnance load

The Dassault Mirage 4000 is suitable to group with the following collection series.

Dassault Mirage family

Mirage F.1

Mirage F.2

Mirage G

Mirage G8

Mirage III

Mirage IIIC

Mirage IIIT

Mirage IIIV 01

Mirage IV

Mirage 2000

Mirage 4000

Modern French fighter

Dassault Rafale evaluation program

Dassault Rafale

Dassault Mirage 4000

Modern experimental aircraft