Assertion: mirage | /r/HasProperty | iiiv
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text: The Mirage IIIV was a VTOL derivative of an existing conventional fighter, the Dassault Mirage III; the principal difference between the two types was the addition of eight small vertical lift jets which straddled the main engine.
text: The Mirage IIIV had come about as a response to the issuing of a NATO specification, NATO Basic Military Requirement 3 (NBMR-3), which sought a supersonic-capable VTOL strike fighter.
text: The Mirage IIIV was a competitor with Hawker Siddeley's P.1154 VTOL fighter, a cousin of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier.
text: Ultimately the P.1154 was selected to meet the NBMR-3 requirement to the detriment of the Mirage IIIV.
text: In May 1962, the P.1154 emerged as the winner in the competition for the NBMR.3 over the Mirage IIIV.
text: While the Mirage IIIV had not been selected to meet NBMR-3, however this did not lead to orders for the rival P.1154 being placed.
text: The Mirage IIIV was never able to take off vertically and successfully attain supersonic flight during the same flight.
text: The French preferred the Mirage IIIV, and the international cooperation that would have been necessary to move the P.1154 into reality would never materialise.
text: The Mirage IIIV was never a realistic combat aircraft; the eight lift engines would likely have been a maintenance nightmare, and certainly their weight imposed a severe range and payload penalty on the aircraft.