Planes and Flight

The Eurofighter is the result of a joint project of several European nations. The countries currently operating the Eurofighter are Austria, Germany, Italy, U.K, Saudi Arabia, and Spain. The Typhoon is agile, and has some stealth features as well as advanced avionics. In a test by the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, the Typhoon is second only to the F-22 in combat performance. Like the F-22, the Typhoon is capable of supercruise - supersonic flight without the use of afterburners.

General characteristics

* Crew: 1 or 2
* Length: 15.96 m (52 ft 5 in)
* Wingspan: 10.95 m (35 ft 11 in)
* Height: 5.28 m (17 ft 4 in)
* Wing area: 50 m² (540 ft²)
* Empty weight: 11 000 kg (24,250 lb)
* Loaded weight: 15 550 kg (34,280 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 23 500 kg (51,809 lb)
* Powerplant: 2× Eurojet EJ200 afterburning turbofans, 60 kN dry;
90 kN with afterburner (13,500 lbf; 20,250 lbf) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: Mach 2.0+, 2390 km/h at high altitude; Mach 1.2,
1470 km/h at sea level; (1,480 mph; 915 mph) supercruise Mach
1.3+ at altitude with typical air-to-air armament
* Range: 1390 km (864 mi)
* Service ceiling: 18 000 m (60,000 ft)
* Rate of climb: 255 m/s (50,000 ft/min)
* Wing loading: 311 kg/m² (63.7 lb/ft²)
* Thrust/weight: 1.18

Armament

* gun: 1x 27 mm Mauser BK-27 cannon
* air-to-air missiles: AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-132 ASRAAM, AIM-120
AMRAAM, IRIS-T and in the future MBDA Meteor
* air-to-ground missiles: AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-88 HARM, ALARMs,
Storm Shadow (AKA "Scalp EG"), Brimstone, Taurus, Penguin and in the future AGM Armiger
* bombs: Paveway 2, Paveway 3, Enhanced Paveway, JDAM
* Laser designator, e.g. LITENING pod