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Mirage IV (Wallpaper 2). Photo wallpaper gallery of Mirage IV supersonic strategic bomber aircraft 2. Mirage IV supersonic strategic bomber aircraft pictures and images collection 2. The Mirage IV is similar in design layout to the Mirage fighters, featuring a tailless delta wing and a single square-topped vertical fin. It has two SNECMA Atar turbojets in the rear fuselage, with air intakes on both sides of the fuselage, very similar to the Mirage III's souris ("mice"). It can reach high supersonic speeds: the aircraft is redlined at Mach 2.2 at altitude because of airframe temperature restrictions, although it is capable of higher speeds. Although the aircraft has 14,000 liters (3,700 gal (US)) of internal fuel, its engines are quite thirsty, especially in afterburner. The crew of two (pilot and navigator) are seated in tandem cockpits under separate canopies. Photo wallpaper gallery of Mirage IV supersonic strategic bomber aircraft 2. Mirage IV supersonic strategic bomber aircraft pictures and images collection 2. A bombing / navigation radar is housed within a radome in the fuselage under the intakes, aft of the cockpit. A refueling boom is built into the nose and figures prominently in Mirage IV operations. The Mirage IV has two pylons under each wing, with the inboard pylons being normally used for large drop tanks of 2,500 liter (660 gal (US)) capacity. The outer pylons carry ECM and chaff/flare dispenser pods to supplement the internal jamming and countermeasures systems. On current aircraft, these are typically a Barax NG jammer pod under the port wing and a Boz expendables dispenser under the starboard wing. No cannon armament was fitted. The early Mirage IVA had a fuselage recess under the engines for a single AN-11 or AN-22 nuclear weapon of 60-kT yield. From 1972 onward, 12 aircraft were also equipped to carry the CT52 reconnaissance pod in the bomb recess. The CT52 is available in either BA (Basse Altitude, low-level) or HA (Haute Altitude, high-altitude) versions with three or four long-range cameras. A third configuration is an infrared line scanner. None of the CT52 has any digital systems, relying on older 'wet' film cameras. Later Mirage IVP aircraft could be fitted a single centerline pylon for the ASMP stand-off missile. Photo wallpaper gallery of Mirage IV supersonic strategic bomber aircraft 2. Mirage IV supersonic strategic bomber aircraft pictures and images collection 2.