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THAAD versus Dassault Rafale
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Mobile anti-ballistic missile system Type Multirole fighter
United States of America Place of Origin France
2008–present Service Period and Status 18 May 2001 - present
In service
Designer Dassault Aviation
1987 Designed Period
Program & Unit Cost Program cost:
€45.9 billion (as of FY2013) (US$62.7 billion)

Unit cost:
Rafale B: €74M (flyaway cost, FY2013)
Rafale C: €68.8M (flyaway cost, FY2013)
Rafale M: €79M (flyaway cost, FY2011)
2008–present Production Period 1986–present
Number Built 196 (as of September 2019)
First Flight Rafale A demo: 4 July 1986
Rafale C: 19 May 1991
Mass / Weight / Displacement Empty weight:
Rafale B: 10,300 kg / 22,708 lb
Rafale C: 9,850 kilograms / 21,720 lb
Rafale M: 10,600 kilograms / 23,400 lb

Gross weight:
15,000 kg / 33,069 lb

Max takeoff weight:
24,500 kg / 54,013 lb
Length 15.27 m / 50 ft 1 in
Height 5.34 m / 17 ft 6 in
Crew 1 or 2
Wingspan 10.90 m / 35 ft 9 in
Wing Area 45.7 m2 / 492 sq ft
Wing Loading 328 kg/m2 / 67 lb/sq ft
Powerplant 2 × Snecma M88-2 afterburning turbofan engines
Thrust Dry thrust:
50.04 kN / 11,250 lbf each

Thrust with afterburner:
75 kN / 17,000 lbf
Fuel Capacity Rafale C: 4,700 kg / 10,362 lb internal for single-seater C
Rafale B: 4,400 kg / 9,700 lb internal for two-seater B

Maximum fuel with external tanks:
Rafale C: 16,550 l / 4,370 US gal / 3,640 imp gal
including
5,750 l / 1,520 US gal / 1,260 imp gal internal
+ 2,300 l / 610 US gal / 510 imp gal in 2 conformal tanks
+ 8,500 l / 2,200 US gal / 1,900 imp gal / in 5 drop tanks
Speed Maximum speed at high altitude:
1,912 km/h / 1,188 mph / 1,032 kn / Mach 1.8

Maximum speed at low atitude:
1,390 km/h / 860 mph / 750 kn / Mach 1.1

Supercruise speed:
Mach 1.4
Operational Range Combat range:
1,000 km / 620 mi / 540 nmi on penetration mission with two CFTs (2,300 L), three tanks (5,700 L), two SCALP-EG and two MICA AAMs

Ferry range:
3,700 km / 2,300 mi / 2,000 nmi with 3 drop tanks
Service Ceiling 15,235 m / 49,984 ft
Rate of Climb 304.8 m/s / 60,000 ft/min
Thrust-to-Weight Ratio 0.988 (100% fuel, 2 EM A2A missile, 2 IR A2A missile) (Rafale B)
G-load Factor +9 -3.6 (+11 in case of emergency)
Armament Guns:

1 × 30 mm (1.2 in) GIAT 30/M791 autocannon with 125 rounds

Hardpoints:

• 14 for Air Force versions (Rafale B/C)
• 13 for Navy version (Rafale M)
• with a capacity of 9,500 kg / 20,900 lb external fuel and ordnance,with provisions to carry combinations of:

Air-to-air Missiles:

• Magic II
• MBDA MICA IR or EM
• MBDA Meteor (planned)

Air-to-ground missiles and bombs:

• MBDA Apache
• MBDA Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG
• AASM-Hammer (SBU-38/54/64)
• GBU-12 Paveway II, GBU-22 Paveway III, GBU-24 Paveway III, GBU-49 Enhanced Paveway II
• AS-30L
• Mark 82

Anti-ship missiles

MBDA AM 39-Exocet anti-ship missile

Nuclear Deterrence:

ASMP-A nuclear missile

Other systems:

• Thales Damocles targeting pod
• Thales AREOS (Airborne Recce Observation System) reconnaissance pod
• Thales TALIOS multi-function targeting pod in the future (F3R Standard)
• Up to 5 drop tanks
• Buddy-buddy refuelling pod
Avionics • Thales RBE2-AA AESA radar
• Thales SPECTRA Electronic Warfare system
• Thales/SAGEM-OSF Optronique Secteur Frontal infra-red search and track (IRST) system
A THAAD battery consists of:
6 launcher vehicles
2 mobile tactical operations centers (TOCs)
AN/TPY-2 ground-based radar (GBR)		 System Components
8 Missiles / Rockets per Launcher
8.55–10 GHz X band Radar Band & Frequency
Range:
2,900 miles / 4,700 km		 Search / Detection / Coverage Range
900 kg Missile / Rocket Mass / Weight
6.17 m Missile / Rocket Length / Height
34 cm Missile / Rocket Diameter / Width
Pratt & Whitney Single-stage rocket Missile / Rocket Engine
Solid-fueled rocket Propellant
>200 km Missile / Rocket Range
150 km Missile / Rocket Altitude
Mach 8.24 / 2.8 km/s Missile / Rocket Speed and Velocity
Indium-antimonide imaging infra-red seeker head Guidance System
TEL Launch Platform
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