Mitsuna Type 70

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Mitsuna Type 70 Hayate II
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Type 70 Ns of the 1st Carrier Air Wing conduct a mission over Husseinarti, 1981
Role multirole
National origin Dayashina
Manufacturer Mitsuna
Designer Takashi Nagase
Lee Min-chul
First flight 1970
Introduction 1974
Status In service
Primary users Dayashina
Hanhae
Sieuxerr
Sundan
Number built >500
Unit cost
~$87 million (Type 70 K+)

The Mitsuna Type 70 "Hayate II" is a Dayashinese carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Hayate II was developed for the Dayashinese Ministry of Defence's General Experimental Fighter (GXF) programme, seeking a multi-branch fighter aircraft to serve as the mainstay fighter for the Republic of Dayashina Air Force as well as the Republic of Dayashina Navy's Carrier Air Wings. The GXF programme was also intended to produce a comprehensive qualitative advantage for Dayashinese pilots in light of growing tensions with a well-armed and mass-intensive Democratic People's Republic of Menghe.