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Dassault had sold 1400+ Mirage IIIs. A number than shrunk to 700 Mirage F1s and merely 600 Mirage 2000s.


And it has sunk far lower for Rafale even today... merely 100 export orders.


Dassault cleverly invested in others areas.

- business jets was a major success, and still is (Falcons, 3000+)

Atempts at growingFalcon success upwards, into regional jets and even A320 size airliners, were by contrast giant clusterfucks.

- Falcon 30 and 40 were killed by the 1973 oil shock

- Mercure was a splendid airliner but a financial cataclysm for the company.


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