![]() The aircraft is equipped with an internally installed self-protection suite. The radar can simultaneously detect up to 24 targets and carry out track while scan on the eight highest priority threats. Mirage 2000-5 is equipped with a multi-mode Thales RDY doppler radar which provides multi-targeting capability in the air defence role and the radar also has look down / shoot down mode of operation. A number of French Air Force Mirage 2000D aircraft were fitted with the Damocles laser designation pod with thermal imaging camera, also from Thales Optronics, under a contract awarded in July 2008. The aircraft is fitted with a TV/CT CLDP laser designation pod from Thales Optronics, which provides the capability to fire laser-guided weapons by day and night. Mirage 2000 has an upgraded digital weapon delivery and navigation system (WDNS). The nuclear warhead was provided by the French Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique). The operational evaluation was completed in March 2009 and the new missile entered service on the Mirage 2000NK3 in October 2009. ASMPA has a tactical nuclear warhead and replaces the ASMP missile, which has been in service on the Mirage 2000N since 1988. MBDA was awarded a contract in October 2003 to integrate the ASMPA medium-range air-to-ground missile on the French Air Force’s new Mirage 2000NK3 aircraft. “Mirage 2000 is equipped to carry a range of air-to-surface missiles.” Mirage 2000 is also equipped to carry a range of air-to-surface missiles and weapons, including laser-guided bombs. The Mirage 2000-5 can fire the MBDA Super 530D missile or the MBDA Sky Flash air-to-air missile as an alternative to the MICA missile. The aircraft can carry four MICA missiles, two Magic missiles and three drop tanks simultaneously. MICA supports a maximum operating range of 60km. The single-seat version is armed with two internally mounted, high-firing-rate 30mm guns.Īir-to-air weapons include the MICA multitarget air-to-air intercept and combat missiles, and the Magic 2 combat missiles, both from MBDA (formed out of a merger between Matra BAe Dynamics, EADS Aerospatiale and Alenia Marconi Systems). Mirage 2000 has nine hard points for carrying weapon system payloads: five on the fuselage and two on each wing. ![]() Sensor and system management data is presented on two-coloured lateral displays. The combined head-up / head-level display is collimated at infinity and presents data relating to flight control, navigation, target engagement and weapon firing. Mirage 2000-5 incorporates the Thales VEH 3020 head-up display and five cathode ray tube multifunction advanced pilot systems interface (APSI) displays. The aircraft has hands-on throttle and stick (HOTAS) control. Mirage 2000-5 is available as a single-seater or two-seater multirole fighter. ![]() Mirage 2000 fighters in operation with the French Air Force are: Mirage 2000C/B, a single-seater and two-seater for air defence Mirage 2000N, a two-seater designed for all-weather nuclear penetration at low altitude and very high speed Mirage 2000D, an upgraded version of the Mirage 2000N for automated bombing using conventional and laser-guided munitions and Mirage 2000-5, incorporating advanced avionics, new multiple target air-to-ground and air-to-air firing procedures using the RDY radar, and new sensor and control systems. It has been operational with the French Air Force since 1984, and has been selected by Abu Dhabi, Egypt, Greece, India, Peru, Qatar, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates. Mirage 2000 is a multirole combat fighter from French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation.
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