Word: atar
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...fires 6,000 rounds a minute through six barrels. The Super-Mirage is equipped with a U.S.-manufactured J-79 General Electric engine similar to the one that powers U.S.-built Phantoms. Israeli engineers have also installed the J-79 in their older Mirage3 jets, replacing the French Atar engines. As a result, they have better aircraft: the switch has boosted Mirage3 speeds...