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Hi Yair
You made very interesting comparisons between the F-100 and contemporary fighters.
I would like to add something that relates to the SMBD.
As I have suspected for years but verified only now, at the Dassault internet site, The Etendard is actually a step brother of the SMBD. I quote:
"To meet the requirements of both French and NATO programs, Dassault kept the aerodynamic configuration of the Mystère XX (the future Super-Mystère) by applying it to smaller aircraft equipped with engines capable of reaching transonic speeds without the use of after-burners." Also about the Etendard IV M "As with the Mystère XXII, the wing was derived from that of the Super-Mystère B 2"
The similarity is easy to see in a side view, the major difference is nose intake vs side intakes.
The speed of the Etendard IV M was subsonic, as it is an attack aircraft and not an interceptor.
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