Dassault Mirage 2000#Egypt

The origins of the Mirage 2000 could be traced back to 1965, when France and Britain agreed to develop the "Anglo-French Variable Geometry" (AFVG) swing-wing aircraft. Two years later, France withdrew from the project on grounds of costs, after which Britain would collaborate with West Germany and Italy to ultimately produce the Panavia Tornado. Dassault instead focused on its own variable-geometry aircraft, the Dassault Mirage G experimental prototype. The design was expected to materialise in the Mirage G8, which would serve as the replacement for the popular Mirage III in French Air Force service.(Last updated 2 February 2015) [http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=232 "Dassault Mirage 2000 Multi-role Aircraft"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005183344/http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=232|date=5 October 2015}}. Military Factory. Retrieved 24 August 2015.{{Cite journal |author1=Richardson, Doug |author2=Ramsden, J. M. |author3=Velupillai, David |author4=Warwick, Graham |title=Mirage 2000: Dassault's better delta |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%201693.html |journal=Flight International |issue=3523 |volume=114 |location=London, UK |publisher=IPC Transport Press|date=20–26 August 1978 |page=637 |issn=0015-3710 |access-date=22 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322203358/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1978/1978%20-%201693.html |archive-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=live}}

The Mirage 2000 started out as a secondary project tentatively named "Delta 1000" in 1972. Dassault was devoting considerable attention to the Mirage G8A, a fixed-geometry derivative of the Mirage G8 that served as the competitor to the Panavia Tornado. The Mirage G8, which was envisioned as the "Avion de Combat Futur" (ACF or Future Combat Aircraft) of the French Air Force (Armee de l'Air, AdA), did not align with the service's conception of its future aircraft. The AdA wanted a Mach 3 fighter, not an interdictor aircraft incapable of dogfighting that was the Mirage G8. As such, Dassault redesigned the Mirage G8 into the two-engine Super Mirage G8A that would prove to be ambitious and expensive, being two and a half times the price of the Mirage F1 and over-engineered, especially compared to the General Dynamics F-16 that had just won orders from a number of European countries. Consequently, during a meeting of the National Defence Council on 18 December 1975, the Super Mirage was cancelled.Donald, David, ed. "Dassault Mirage 2000". The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. {{ISBN|0-7607-0592-5}}.

The ACF was a strike aircraft first and an interceptor second, while the Delta 2000 was the reverse, but the single-engine Delta 2000 was much more affordable. At the same National Defence Council meeting, a redesignated Mirage 2000 was offered to the AdA, and three prototypes were ordered. The AdA in March 1976 issued a set of official requirements whose parameters matched those of Dassault's performance estimates of the new fighter. The aircraft's primary role was interception with a secondary ground-attack capability; the AdA had a commitment for 200 aircraft. The first aircraft was to be delivered in 1982.{{Cite book |editor-last=Eden |editor-first=Paul |title=The Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft |chapter= Dassault Mirage 2000 |location=London, UK |publisher=Amber Books |publication-date= 2004 |isbn=1-904687-84-9 }} This was a return to the first-generation Mirages, but with several important innovations that tried to solve their shortcomings.

The production of the Mirage 2000 involved three construction sites, two located in Bordeaux that specialised in different components. The wings were built at Martignas, and the fuselages were fabricated at Argenteuil (NW of Paris), with final assembly taking place at Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport. The first prototype, Mirage 2000 No. 01, though, was handbuilt at Saint-Cloud, before being moved to Dassault's Istres facility for assembly. At the hands of Jean Coureau, No. 01 made its first flight on 10 March 1978, a mere 27 months after the programme go-ahead. During the 65-minute flight, Coureau took the aircraft to Mach 1.02 without afterburner, before climbing to more than 12,000 m and accelerating the aircraft to Mach 1.3.{{Cite journal |title=Mirage 2000 in production |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%202135.html |journal=Flight International |issue=3826 |volume=122|date=29 August – 4 September 1982 |location=London, UK |publisher=IPC Transport Press |page=657 |access-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130051712/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%202135.html |archive-date=30 November 2016 |url-status=live}}"Dassault Mirage 2000", World Air Power Journal, p. 57. By the end of May, the aircraft had surpassed Mach 2 and an indicated airspeed of {{convert|1200|km/h|kn}}. On the other end of the speed spectrum, the Mirage 2000 proved to be capable of low-speed flight, as demonstrated at the Farnborough Airshow in September 1978, during which Dassault pilot Guy Mitaux-Maurourd raised the aircraft's nose to 25° angle of attack (AoA) as the aircraft slowed to {{cvt|190|km/h|kn}}. Later tests showed that the aircraft could attain 30° AoA while carrying fuel tanks and weapons."Dassault Mirage 2000", pp. 57–58.

The second prototype, No. 02, made its 50-minute first flight in September 1978 at the controls of Maurourd. The aircraft was to test some of the avionics systems and the carriage of weapons. Due to a flameout while on a landing approach, the aircraft was lost in May 1984. No. 03 made its first flight in April 1979; equipped with a complete weapons system, it was used for radar and weapons trials. After 400 hours of flight, they were sent to Centre d'Essais en Vol, flight tests centre. Although three prototypes were ordered in December 1975, Dassault constructed an additional fourth single-seat demonstrator for its own purposes, which embodied lessons on the earlier aircraft, namely the reduction in fin height and an increased fin sweep, redesigned air inlets, and an FBW system. The only dual-seat Mirage 2000B of the test programme first flew on 11 October 1980.{{Cite journal |title=Mirage 2000 No 3 flies |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%201715.html |journal=Flight International|date=19 May 1979 |access-date=22 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322204032/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%201715.html |archive-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=live}}World Air Power Journal, pp. 58–59.

The first production Mirage 2000C (C for chasseur, "fighter") flew on 20 November 1982. Deliveries to the AdA began in 1983. The first 37 Mirage 2000Cs delivered were fitted with the Thomson-CSF Radar Doppler Multifunction (RDM), and were powered by the SNECMA M53-5 turbofan engine. The 38th Mirage 2000C had an upgraded SNECMA M53-P2 turbofan engine. The Radar Doppler à Impulsion (RDI) built by Thales for the Mirage 2000C entered service in 1987. It has a much improved range of about 150 km, and is linked to Matra Super 530D missiles, which are much improved compared to the older Super 530F. Look-down/shoot-down capabilities are much improved, as well, but this radar is not usually used for air-to-surface roles.

{{see also|Dassault Mirage 2000N/2000D}}

The Mirage 2000N is a dedicated nuclear-strike variant, which was intended to carry the Air-Sol Moyenne Portée (ASMP) nuclear standoff missile. Flight tests of the first of two prototypes, Mirage 2000N 01 (eighth Mirage 2000) began on 3 February 1983. During the 65-minute flight, the aircraft reached a speed of Mach 1.5.{{Cite journal |title=Nuclear-attack Mirage 2000 flies |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1983/1983%20-%200300.html |journal=Flight International|date=19 February 1983 |page=438 |access-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322014324/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1983/1983%20-%200300.html |archive-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=live}} The variant entered operational service in 1988, initially operating from Luxeuil Air Base with the 4^e Escadre de Chasse.{{Cite journal |title=First Mirage 2000N unit forms |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1988/1988%20-%200970.html |journal=Flight International|date=16 April 1988 |access-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322203033/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1988/1988%20-%200970.html |archive-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=live}} Closely derived from the Mirage 2000N is a dedicated conventional attack variant designated Mirage 2000D. Initial flight of the Mirage 2000D prototype, a modified Mirage 2000N prototype, was on 19 February 1991. The first flight of a production aircraft occurred 31 March 1993, and service introduction followed in April 1995. Seventy-five and eighty-six Mirage 2000Ns and Mirage 2000Ds were manufactured, respectively.

By the late 1980s, the Mirage 2000 was beginning to age compared with the latest models of F-16 fighters. In particular, attention was drawn to the aircraft's inability to engage multiple targets simultaneously, and the small load of air-to-air missiles it could carry. Consequently, Dassault in April 1989 announced that with the cooperation of Thomson-CSF, it would be working on a privately funded update of the Mirage 2000C, which was to be named the Mirage 2000-5.{{Cite journal |title=Military Aircraft of the World |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1991/1991%20-%202172.html |journal=Flight International|date=21–27 August 1991 |access-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322112001/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1991/1991%20-%202172.html |archive-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=live}}Grolleau 2003, p. 54. A two-seat Mirage 2000B prototype was extensively modified as the first Mirage 2000-5 prototype, and it first flew on 24 October 1990. A Mirage 2000C prototype was also reworked to a similar standard, making its initial flight on 27 April 1991. The first frontline aircraft variant to have been designed specifically in response to the export market, Taiwan was the first country to order the type in 1992, followed by Qatar in 1994. The type was first delivered in 1996 and entered service in 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/defense/mirage-2000/mirage-2000-5-mk2.html?L=1 |title=Mirage 2000-5 Mk2 |publisher=Dassault-aviation.com |access-date=31 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608181032/http://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/defense/mirage-2000/mirage-2000-5-mk2.html?L=1 |archive-date=8 June 2011}}

Domestically, Dassault needed an order from the AdA to help promote foreign sales, and in 1993, the AdA decided to upgrade 37 of their existing Mirage 2000s to the 2000-5 specification as a stopgap before the arrival of the Rafale in AdA service. The upgraded aircraft were redesignated Mirage 2000-5F, and became operational in 2000. They retained the old countermeasures system with the Serval/Sabre/Spirale units and did not receive the ICMS 2 system. A two-seat version was developed, as well, whose rear seat has a heads-up display, but not an associated head-level display, and lacks a built-in cannon, although cannon pods can be carried.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

At the urging of the United Arab Emirates, Dassault worked on a further modification of the Mirage 2000-5. Initially dubbed Mirage 2000-9, this variant had the upgrade of the radar and the associated avionics, the change of weapons configuration, and the extension of range.

The last Mirage 2000 was delivered on 23 November 2007 to the Hellenic Air Force;{{Citation |url= http://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/aviation/news/archives/2007/delivery-of-the-last-mirage-2000-5-mkii-to-hellenic-air-force.html |title= Delivery of the Last Mirage 2000-5 Mk.II to Hellenic Air Force |publisher= Dassault aviation |year= 2007}} afterwards, the production line was shut down.

The Mirage 2000 is a supersonic combat aircraft of metal construction that shares the general delta-wing layout with the Mirage III, yet incorporates avionics advances that help overcome the latter's aerodynamic limitations. The aircraft's low-set, thin wing has a leading-edge sweep back of 58° and a trailing-edge forward sweep of 3.5°. The flight surfaces on the wings are composed of four elevons and four leading edge slats. A feature of the delta wing is that it offers a comparatively large wing area for a particular design, thereby reducing the wing loading. The wing on a Mirage 2000 has an area of 41 m², giving it a wing loading of some 77 lb/sq ft at a takeoff weight of 33,000 lb, making it much more manoeuvrable than the F-15 and the similarly sized F-16, which has a wing loading of 110 lb/sq ft. At normal combat load, however, the wing loading reduces to 45 lb/sq ft. One related advantage of the delta-wing design, and especially the Mirage 2000's blending of the wing root and engine, is that it could accommodate more fuel, as the aircraft's internal fuel tanks can carry over 900 gallons of fuel, up more than 200 gallons over the Mirage III. The aircraft's fuselage is of traditional monocoque construction made of almost entirely of metal. The fuselage has been area-ruled to maintain a constant cross-sectional area along with the delta wing to minimise drag.

The aircraft uses retractable tricycle landing gear by Messier-Dowty, with twin nosewheels and a single wheel on each main gear. A runway tailhook or a fairing for a brake parachute can be fitted under the tail, which can operate in conjunction with the landing gear's carbon brakes to shorten landing distances. A removable refueling probe can be attached in front of the cockpit, offset slightly to the right of centre.{{Cite web |title=Dassault Mirage 2000 & 4000 |url=https://www.airvectors.net/avmir2k.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=www.airvectors.net}}

An airbrake is fitted above and below each wing in an arrangement very similar to that of the Mirage III. A noticeably taller tailfin allows the pilot to retain control at AoAs past 25°, assisted by the small strakes mounted along each air intake. Some composites have been used for the fins, rudder, elevons, and various access panels, giving a weight saving of some 100 kg. The Mirage 2000 has been noted for its superb handling, especially given its delta-wing design.

Dassault engineers have embedded into the design a certain degree of relaxed stability as the centre of gravity, or neutral point, is placed ahead of the centre of pressure, enhancing maneuverability. It incorporates negative stability and fly-by-wire controls with four analog computers. As first demonstrated at the 1978 Farnborough Airshow, such designs, as well as the use of computer-controlled dynamic controls were capable of overcoming the delta-wing shortcomings related to poor low-speed control, while retaining the advantages, such as low drag, low radar cross section, ideal high-speed aerodynamics, and large internal volume, as well as simplicity, provided by the absence of horizontal tail surfaces.

Its aircraft flight control system is fly-by-wire, with two distinct modes of operation.{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/mirage-2000.htm |title=Mirage 2000 (Dassault-Breguet) |access-date=13 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311095750/https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/mirage-2000.htm |archive-date=11 March 2017 |url-status=live}} The first allows for unrestricted operations within its full allowed flight envelope, and is used when carrying only air-to-air weapons. The second is used when carrying fuel tanks, air-to-ground munitions, or a mix of both. This second mode functions as a g-limiter, preventing heavier munitions from damaging the pylons that they are mounted on, and preventing them from potentially being pulled off of the pylons by excessive G-force.

The Mirage 2000 is available as a single-seat or twin-seat multirole fighter. The pilot flies the aircraft by means of a centre stick and left-hand throttles, with both incorporating HOTAS controls. The pilot sits on a SEM MB Mk10{{cite web |author=Isabelle Godard |url=http://www.martin-baker.fr/en/mk10.htm |title=SEM MB Martin-Baker |publisher=Martin-baker.fr |access-date=31 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721010722/http://www.martin-baker.fr/en/mk10.htm |archive-date=21 July 2011}} zero-zero ejection seat (a license-built version of the British Martin-Baker Mark 10).

The instrument panel (in the Mirage 2000 C) is dominated by a Sextant VE-130 head-up display which presents data relating to flight control, navigation, target engagement, and weapon firing, and a radar screen located centrally below it.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

The SNECMA M53 afterburning turbofan was developed for the ACF, and was available for the Mirage 2000 project. It is a single-shaft engine of modular construction that is relatively light and simple compared to those of the British or American designs. The M53 consists of three low-pressure compressor stages, five high-pressure stages, and two turbine stages.World Air Power Journal, pp. 56–57. With the development programme consisting of 20 engines, the M53 sans suffix was first bench tested in February 1970, and became airborne on a Caravelle testbed in July 1973. Dassault conducted flight tests of the M53-2 version using its Mirage F1E testbeds starting in December 1974; this version produced {{Convert |84 |kN}} in afterburner. The Mirage 2000 itself was powered by two versions of the M53—the M53-5, which equipped initial operational aircraft, was rated at {{Convert |88 |kN |abbr=on}} of thrust with afterburner. The definitive version of the engine, the M53-P2, which equipped the majority of the type, is rated at {{Convert|65|kN|abbr=on}} in dry thrust and {{Convert |95 |kN |abbr=on}} in afterburner.Grolleau 2003, p. 49.

The Mirage 2000 is equipped with built-in twin DEFA 554 autocannon (now GIAT 30–550 F4) 30 mm revolver-type cannons with 125 rounds each. The cannons have selectable fire rates of 1,200 or 1,800 rounds per minute.

;Mirage 2000-5

The Mirage 2000-5 is a major advancement over previous variants and embodies a comprehensive electronic, sensor, and cockpit upgrade to expand its combat ability, while reducing pilot workload. The centrepiece of the Mirage 2000-5 overhaul is the Thomson-CSF RDY (radar Doppler multitarget) with look down/shoot down capability. The multifunction radar is capable of air-to-ground, air-to-air, and air-to-sea operations. In the air-to-ground mode, the RDY has navigation and attack functions that give it deep-strike and close-support capabilities. Capable of automatically locking onto multiple targets at first contact, the radar could detect flying targets travelling as low as {{cvt|200|ft|m|-1|disp=flip}}. The introduction of the radar allows the aircraft to use the MICA missile, up to six of which could be fired simultaneously at targets due to the advances within the radar. Despite the increase in offensive capability, pilot workload is compensated for by the introduction of a multidisplay glass cockpit, based on the development of the Rafale. The aircraft has the ICMS Mk2 countermeasures suit, which contains three radar detectors and an infrared sensor that are linked to active jammers and chaff/flare dispensers.Dassault's High Hope, pp. 95–96.Mirage 2000-5: Dassault's Delta Described, pp. 41, 44.Second youth for the Mirage 2000Desert Mirage

Improvements over the Mirage 2000C included the Thales TV/CT CLDP laser designator pod and the multimode RDY, which allows detection of up to 24 targets and the ability to simultaneously track eight threats while guiding four MICA missiles to different targets. Updates to defensive systems included the ICMS 2 countermeasures suite and the Samir DDM missile warning system. ICMS 2 incorporates a receiver and associated signal processing system in the nose for detecting hostile missile-command data links, and can be interfaced to a new programmable mission-planning and postmission analysis ground system. Avionics were also updated, using a new night vision-compatible glass cockpit layout borrowed from the Dassault Rafale, a dual-linked wide-angle head-up display, and HOTAS controls. The Mirage 2000-5 can also carry the oversized drop tanks developed for the Mirage 2000N, greatly extending its range.

;Mirage 2000-5 Mk 2

Enhancements to offensive systems included a datalink for the targeting of MICA EM missiles, the addition of the Damocles forward-looking infrared (FLIR) targeting pod, and a newer, more stealthy Thales RDY-2 all-weather synthetic aperture radar with moving target indicator capability, which also grants the aircraft improved air-to-ground capability. The avionics were further updated with higher resolution color displays, an optional Topsight helmet-mounted display, and the addition of the modular data-processing unit designed for the Rafale. A new Thales Totem 3000 inertial navigation system with ring laser gyroscope and GPS capability were added, providing much greater accuracy, higher reliability, and shorter alignment time than the older ULISS 52 navigation system it replaced. Other upgrades included the addition of an onboard oxygen generation system for the pilot and an ICMS 3 digital countermeasures suite.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}

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The first aircraft entered service in July 1984.{{Cite journal |last=Condom |first=Pierre |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-77133458.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924163552/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-77133458.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=Second youth for the Mirage 2000 |journal=Interavia Business & Technology |publisher=Aerospace Media Publishing|date=1 July 2001 |access-date=24 July 2015 }} The first operational squadron was formed during the same year, the 50th anniversary of the French Air Force. About 124 Mirage 2000Cs were obtained by the AdA.

French Mirage 2000s were used during the Gulf War, where they flew high-altitude air defence for USAF U-2 spy aircraft, as well as in UN and NATO air operations during the Bosnian War and the Kosovo War. During Operation Deliberate Force, on 30 August 1995, one Mirage 2000D was shot down over Bosnia by a 9K38 Igla shoulder-launched missile fired by air defence units of the Army of Republika Srpska, prompting efforts to obtain improved defensive systems. Both crew members were captured and later released through mediation with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.{{cite web |url= http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/Biographies/Joint-Crash-Details/!995_00-00_French_Mirage_2000/1995_Bosnia-French-Mirage.htm |year= 1995 |title= Bosnia |work= French Mirage 2000 |place= UK |publisher= Ejection history |access-date= 31 May 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101215032502/http://ejection-history.org.uk/PROJECT/Biographies/Joint-Crash-Details/!995_00-00_French_Mirage_2000/1995_Bosnia-French-Mirage.htm |archive-date= 15 December 2010 |url-status= dead}}{{vs|date=March 2017}}

French Mirage 2000Ds later served with the International Security Assistance Force during the conflict in Afghanistan in 2001–2002, operating in close conjunction with international forces and performing precision attacks with laser-guided bombs. In the summer of 2007, after the Dassault Rafale fighters had been removed from the theater of operations, three French Mirage 2000s were deployed to Afghanistan in support of NATO troops.{{Citation |type= news |language= fr |title= 3 Mirage 2000 à Kandahar |trans-title= 3 Mirage 2000 at Kandahar |url= http://www.defense.gouv.fr/operations/afghanistan/actualites/27-09-07-afghanistan-3-mirage-2000-a-kandahar |place= FR |publisher= Défense |access-date= 29 January 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121031051901/http://www.defense.gouv.fr/operations/afghanistan/actualites/27-09-07-afghanistan-3-mirage-2000-a-kandahar |archive-date= 31 October 2012 |url-status= live}}

The Mirage 2000 is being replaced in French service by the Dassault Rafale, which became operational with the French Air Force in June 2006.

French Mirage 2000s were committed to enforcing the no-fly zone in Libya as part of Opération Harmattan in 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.marianne.net/blogsecretdefense/Operation-Harmattan-le-nom-de-code-militaire-pour-la-Libye_a181.html |title=Opération Harmattan, le nom de code militaire pour la Libye |work=Marianne |access-date=7 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502020940/http://www.marianne.net/blogsecretdefense/Operation-Harmattan-le-nom-de-code-militaire-pour-la-Libye_a181.html |archive-date=2 May 2015 |url-status=live}}

On 14 April 2018, four French Mirage 2000-5Fs participated in a joint military operation against the Syrian government with the UK and U.S. during the Syrian Civil War.{{cite web |url=http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/192498/syria%3A-allied-air-strikes-hit-3-targets%2C-achieve-stated-goals.html |title=Successful Strikes and Targets Hit in Syria|date=14 April 2018 |website=Defense-Aerospace.com |access-date=20 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421031502/http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/192498/syria%3A-allied-air-strikes-hit-3-targets%2C-achieve-stated-goals.html |archive-date=21 April 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Merchet |first=Jean-Dominique |title=La France a tiré douze missiles de croisière contre la Syrie |url=https://www.lopinion.fr/blog/secret-defense/france-a-tire-douze-missiles-croisiere-contre-syrie-147246 |work=L'Opinion|date=14 April 2018 |access-date=14 April 2018 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414234144/https://www.lopinion.fr/blog/secret-defense/france-a-tire-douze-missiles-croisiere-contre-syrie-147246 |archive-date=14 April 2018 |url-status=live}}

On 9 March 2024, two French Mirage 2000-5Fs participated in the downing of two Houthi drones over the Red Sea in support of Operation Prosperity Guardian marking the first French aerial victories since World War II.{{cite web |title=Mirage 2000-5F Pilots Score First Post-WW2 Aerial Victories for France|date=12 March 2024|website=Key.Aero |access-date=20 March 2024 |url=https://www.key.aero/article/mirage-2000-5f-pilots-score-first-post-ww2-aerial-victories-france}} On 6 June 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron announced France would provide Mirage 2000 jets and training to Ukraine to counter increased Russian aggression in Kharkiv region.{{Cite web |last=Caulcutt |first=Clea |date=2024-06-06 |title=France will send Mirage fighter jets to Ukraine, Macron says |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/france-fighter-jets-military-aviation-ukraine-emmanuel-macron-kyiv-direct-support-russia-war/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Politico |language=en}}

In 1980, the Indian Air Force (IAF) learned of a successful approach by Pakistan to the US that year to purchase F-16A/B fighters, delivery of which was to commence in 1982.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/30/world/pakistan-balking-at-jet-purchase.html |title = Pakistan Balking at Jet Purchase |newspaper= The New York Times |date = 30 November 1982 |last1 = Gwertzman |first1 = Bernard}} By late 1980, the IAF had quickly convinced the Indian government to purchase an equally potent aircraft, as its MiG-21s and MiG-23s were inferior to the F-16. When evaluating the Mirage F1 earlier,Air International October 1988, pp. 177–181. it became aware of a high-performance prototype of the Mirage 2000 in the flight-testing phase. No other aircraft of this potential was being offered for export. An internal assessment of the Mirage 2000 was carried out and the Indian government felt that the French plane was more advanced and a superior response to the F-16s that the US was to supply to Pakistan, and approached France for 150 Mirage 2000s.{{cite news |title=France and India Bargain Over Sale of 150 Mirage Warplanes |newspaper=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329090023/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/10/23/france-and-india-bargain-over-sale-of-150-mirage-warplanes/fe1d39a8-dc81-4363-867d-736943e36370/ |archive-date=2019-03-29 |url-status=live |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/10/23/france-and-india-bargain-over-sale-of-150-mirage-warplanes/fe1d39a8-dc81-4363-867d-736943e36370}}{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mirage-2000-jets-iaf-airstrike-all-you-need-to-know-1465322-2019-02-26 |title=It's not the age, it's the mileage: Why 35-year-old Mirage was India's best bet against Pakistan |first1=Sandeep |last1=Unnithan |website=India Today|date=26 February 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019}} In October 1982, the country placed an order with Dassault for 36 single-seat Mirage 2000Hs and four twin-seat Mirage 2000THs (with H standing for "Hindustan") with the possibility of a follow-on purchase of nine aircraft (eight single- and one twin-seater aircraft) as war, maintenance and attrition reserve. The purchase of 150 aircraft,{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/10/23/france-and-india-bargain-over-sale-of-150-mirage-warplanes/fe1d39a8-dc81-4363-867d-736943e36370/ |title=France and India Bargain over Sale of 150 Mirage Warplanes - the Washington Post |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=25 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325140028/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/10/23/france-and-india-bargain-over-sale-of-150-mirage-warplanes/fe1d39a8-dc81-4363-867d-736943e36370/ |archive-date=25 March 2019 |url-status=live}} could well have paved the way for joint production with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, but the number of aircraft ordered (40+9) was too small for such an arrangement. India nevertheless had the option to produce a number of Mirage 2000s under license that was later scrapped due to the country's close relationship with the Soviet Union. This led to the induction of the MiG-29 instead, overriding reservations expressed by the IAF.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/defence/story/19860815-air-defence-aircraft-mig-29-to-give-iaf-complete-mastery-over-south-asian-skies-801152-1986-08-15 |title=Air defence aircraft MiG 29 to give IAF complete mastery over South Asian skies |first=Ramindar |last=Singh |date=August 15, 1986|website=India Today |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329082109/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/defence/story/19860815-air-defence-aircraft-mig-29-to-give-iaf-complete-mastery-over-south-asian-skies-801152-1986-08-15 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}}

With the delivery of the first seven aircraft on 29 June 1985 to No. 7 Squadron, the Battleaxes, the Indian Air Force (IAF) became the first foreign user of the type, which it renamed the Vajra ({{langx |sa|वज्र}}, for Lightning, Thunderbolt).* Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review 2015, pp. 42, 44.{{Cite journal |title=Mirage 2000 sees first foreign service |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%202267.html |journal=Flight International |page=9|date=20 July 1985 |access-date=20 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320144220/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%202267.html |archive-date=20 March 2017 |url-status=live}}* Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review 2015, pp. 42, 44.

• {{Cite journal|date=30 October 1982 |title=India signs for Mirage 2000 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%202451.html |url-status=live |journal=Flight International |page=1263 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320143728/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1982/1982%20-%202451.html |archive-date=20 March 2017 |access-date=20 March 2017}}
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The service's early aircraft were powered by Snecma M53-5 engines (so were designated Mirage 2000H5 and Mirage 2000TH5), which were quickly replaced by more powerful M53-P2 engines. The second unit to convert to the type was No. 1 Squadron (the Tigers), which was formally designated a Mirage 2000 unit in January 1986. Within 12 months of the first delivery, the IAF had received all 40 aircraft ordered. The follow-on order for nine aircraft was signed in 1986. Five aircraft were delivered by 1990, two more in 1992, and the last two aircraft were delivered in 1994. As such, full unit establishment was not achieved until 1990.Vayu Aerospace and Defense Review 2015, pp. 42–43.

The Mirage 2000 fleet encountered other issues during its first decade of service, which were largely operational and maintenance-based. In 1995, the Indian government's comptroller and auditor general reported delays in the construction of overhaul facilities and a shortage of spare parts, which had led to the fleet being unable to meet its required flying hours.{{Cite journal |last=Singh |first=Pushpindar |title=Reliability Problems Stalk Indian Mirages |journal=Aviation Week & Space Technology |page=46|date=5 June 1995}} India also purchased ATLIS II pods and several Matra Bombe Guidée Laser (BGL) Arcole 1,000 kg laser-guided penetrating bombs for the Mirage.{{cite web |url=https://defenceupdate.in/why-mirage-2000-fighter-jet-that-turned-kargil-war-for-india-was-used-for-air-strikes-across-loc/ |title=Why Mirage-2000, Fighter Jet That Turned Kargil War For India, Was Used for Air Strikes Across LoC|date=26 February 2019 |website=defenceupdate.in |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329112748/https://defenceupdate.in/why-mirage-2000-fighter-jet-that-turned-kargil-war-for-india-was-used-for-air-strikes-across-loc/ |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/dassault-mirage-2000-know-all-about-iafs-mean-machine-which-carried-out-balakot-air-strike/1499073/ |title=Dassault Mirage 2000: Know all about IAF's mean machine which carried out Balakot Air Strike|date=26 February 2019 |website=financialexpress.com |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329112744/https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/dassault-mirage-2000-know-all-about-iafs-mean-machine-which-carried-out-balakot-air-strike/1499073/ |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}} The ATLIS II pods have an inherent limitation in that they are unusable at high altitudes. In its place, the IAF has bought a number of the cheaper US Paveway II laser-guided bomb kits for use with the Israeli Litening laser designator pods (LDPs), but certain parts of the Paveway kit were not available, as they were under US embargo.{{cite web |url=https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/kargil/1056-pcamp.html |title=The Mirage 2000 in Kargil |first=Philip |last=Camp |website=bharat-rakshak.com |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329090112/https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/kargil/1056-pcamp.html |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}} The aircraft were heavily modified in a short time frame to drop laser-guided bombs as well as conventional unguided bombs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sps-aviation.com/interviews/?id=48&h=20-years-after-Kargil-War-Man-who-bombed-Tiger-Hill-tells-how-the-War-was-won-from-the-air|title=20 years after Kargil War Man who bombed Tiger Hill tells how the War was won from the air|website=www.sps-aviation.com|accessdate=18 December 2022}} Due to a lack of enemy air action,{{Cite journal |title=How the IAF Dominated the Skies During Kargil War |url=http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2016/07/how-iaf-dominated-skies-during-kargil.html |journal=Indian Defence News |access-date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329090109/http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2016/07/how-iaf-dominated-skies-during-kargil.html |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}} aircrew quickly became highly proficient in dropping dumb bombs. IAF Mirage 2000s have reportedly only used the Paveway LGB on eight occasions, mainly for the destruction of enemy command bunkers.

In 1999, when the Kargil War broke out, the IAF was asked to act jointly with ground troops on 25 May.{{Cite journal |title=All you need to know about Kargil War |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/iaf-planned-to-bomb-targets-in-pakistan-during-kargil-war/indias-restraint/slideshow/59769657.cms |journal=The Economic Times |access-date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329101347/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/iaf-planned-to-bomb-targets-in-pakistan-during-kargil-war/indias-restraint/slideshow/59769657.cms |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}} The code name assigned to their role was Operation Safed Sagar{{cite web |url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/content/op-safed-sagar |title=Op Safed Sagar | Indian Air Force | Government of India |access-date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329115807/http://indianairforce.nic.in/content/op-safed-sagar |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}} and the Mirage 2000 flew its first sortie on 30 May.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/PCamp.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807084357/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Kargil/PCamp.html|url-status=dead|title=The Kargil Operations. The Mirage-2000 at Kargil. Bharat-rakshak.com|archivedate=7 August 2011|accessdate=18 December 2022}} This multi-role aircraft, the most advanced in the IAF, performed remarkably well during the whole conflict in the high Himalayas, and was considered the game changer in the two-month war.https://www.news18.com/news/auto/why-air-force-picked-mirage-2000-fighter-jets-to-carry-out-surgical-strikes-2-0-048731.html{{Dead link|date=April 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/the-plane-that-pounded-jaish-targets-across-loc/articleshow/68165033.cms?from=mdr |title=IAF Mirage 2000: The plane that pounded Jaish targets across LoC|date=26 February 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019 |newspaper=The Economic Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329090018/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/the-plane-that-pounded-jaish-targets-across-loc/articleshow/68165033.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}} During Operation Safed Sagar from May to July 1999, the two Mirage squadrons flew a total of 514 sorties with only three drop outs.{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/kargil-vijay-diwas-kargil-war-kashmir-1999-india-pakistan-war-indian-army-air-force/story/1/5182.html |title=How Indian Air Force made history with the Kargil War |website=dailyo.in |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329090057/https://www.dailyo.in/politics/kargil-vijay-diwas-kargil-war-kashmir-1999-india-pakistan-war-indian-army-air-force/story/1/5182.html |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}} No. 1 Squadron flew 274 air defence and strike escort missions, while No. 7 Squadron conducted 240 strike missions during which it dropped {{convert|55000|kg|abbr=on}} of ordnance.Vayu Aerospace and Defense Review 2015, pp. 44–46.

During the 2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff, IAF Mirage 2000s were used to destroy Pakistani bunkers with precision-guided bombs.

The morale-boosting service of the Mirage 2000 in 1999 prompted the IAF to consider the acquisition of a further 126 aircraft. Instead, the Mirage 2000-5 became a contender for the IAF's Indian MRCA competition in competition with the Mikoyan MiG-35, F-16 Fighting Falcon, and JAS 39 Gripen. In 2004, the Indian government approved purchase of 10 Mirage 2000Hs, featuring improved avionics, particularly an upgraded RDM 7 radar; they were delivered in 2007 for a total of 50 aircraft. Dassault replaced the Mirage 2000 with the newer Rafale as its contender due to the impending closure of the Mirage 2000 production line.{{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/the-rafale-s-long-flight-to-india-112021100007_1.html |title=The Rafale's long flight to India |newspaper=Business Standard India|date=11 February 2012 |last1=Shukla |first1=Ajai}}

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As India placed its third Mirage 2000 order, the government announced its intention to upgrade the existing fleet, as well. A period of protracted negotiations followed for the next several years, during which India and Dassault came close to signing a contract several times.

In July 2011, India approved a $2.2 billion upgrade package for its Mirage 2000s. Valued at $43 million per aircraft, it upgrades the fleet to Mirage 2000-5 Mk. 2 standards, with provisions made for the use of a night vision-capable glass cockpit, upgraded navigation and IFF systems, an advanced multimode multilayered radar, and a fully integrated electronic warfare suite, among other updates. In addition, the inventory of Super 530D and R.550 Magic II missiles would be replaced by MICAs, an order for which was placed in 2012."Missile Mirage". Aviation Week & Space Technology, 1 January 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indiainksmiragedeal-francesaysnotopak/600042/ |title=India inks Mirage deal, France says no to Pak |publisher=Indian Express|date=5 April 2010 |access-date=31 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409160310/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/indiainksmiragedeal-francesaysnotopak/600042/ |archive-date=9 April 2010 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Waldron |first=Greg |title=India approves Mirage fleet upgrade |work=Flight International|date=19–25 July 2011}} The first of the two IAF Mirages sent to France to be upgraded made its first flight in October 2013, marking the start of a test campaign that would encompass 250 flights, culminating in the handover of the first aircraft in March 2015. The single-seat version was redesignated Mirage 2000I and the twin-seat version Mirage 2000TI.Vayu Aerospace and Defense Review 2015, p. 47.{{cite web |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/the-mirage-2000-upgrade-what-makes-indias-fighter-jet-better-749715 |title=The Mirage 2000 Upgrade: What Makes India's Fighter Jet Better |author=Vishnu Som|date=26 March 2015 |work=NDTV.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407164146/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/the-mirage-2000-upgrade-what-makes-indias-fighter-jet-better-749715 |archive-date=7 April 2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/iaf-starts-getting-upgraded-mirage-2000-fighters-115032600035_1.html |title=IAF starts getting upgraded Mirage 2000 fighters |author=Ajai Shukla|date=26 March 2015 |work=business-standard.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150126/http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/iaf-starts-getting-upgraded-mirage-2000-fighters-115032600035_1.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live}}

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On 26 February 2019, 12 Mirage 2000s were used to strike an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Balakot, Pakistan.{{cite news|url=https://graphics.reuters.com/INDIA-KASHMIR/010090XM162/index.html|title=An air strike and its aftermath|newspaper=Reuters|quote=Western diplomats in Islamabad also said they did not believe the Indian air force hit a militant camp. "There was no militant training camp there. It hasn’t been there for a few years – they moved it. It’s common knowledge amongst our intelligence," said one of them.|date=6 March 2019}} This engagement was the first time since the 1971 war that IAF fighters had entered Pakistani airspace.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/world/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-jets.html |title=Indian Jets Strike in Pakistan in Revenge for Kashmir Attack |first1=Maria |last1=Abi-Habib |first2=Austin |last2=Ramzy|date=25 February 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227012148/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/world/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-jets.html |archive-date=27 February 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWjn0aHvqIc |title=Masood Azhar's Brother Admits IAF Jets Struck Jaish Training Camp In Pak |publisher=CNN News|date=2 March 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47366718 |title=Indian strikes target militants in Pakistan|date=26 February 2019 |work=BBC News |access-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226193007/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47366718 |archive-date=26 February 2019 |url-status=live}} All aircraft were armed with one Israeli Spice 2000 (one-tonne) bomb.{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/how-indias-first-air-strike-in-pakistani-territory-since-1971-unfolded/articleshow/68177109.cms |title=How India's first air strike in Pakistani territory since 1971 unfolded |first=Manu |last=Pubby|date=27 February 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019 |newspaper=The Economic Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329091413/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/how-indias-first-air-strike-in-pakistani-territory-since-1971-unfolded/articleshow/68177109.cms |archive-date=29 March 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgALuHs7qjI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/CgALuHs7qjI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Determining Level Of Damage After IAF Presents Proof Of Balakot Airstrike|date=6 March 2019 |publisher= India Today |access-date=29 March 2019 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{Cite news |title=Inside Story: How Balakot airstrike became operation 'Bandar' |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/inside-story-how-balakot-airstrike-became-operation-bandar/articleshow/74319730.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2020-12-31}}{{Cite news |first1=Martin|last1=Howell|first2=Gerry|last2=Doyle|first3=Simon|last3=Scarr|date=2019-03-06 |title=Satellite images show madrasa buildings still standing at scene of Indian bombing |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-india-kashmir-pakistan-airstrike-insi-idUKKCN1QN02Z |access-date=2021-03-01}}

The next day, IAF Mirage 2000Is, Su-30MKIs, and MiG-21s were used against Pakistan Air Force JF-17s, Mirage IIIs, and F-16s,{{cite web|date=29 April 2019 |title=US Refuses To Confirm If Indian Mig 21 Shot-Down Pakistani F-16 Fighter Jet |url=https://eurasiantimes.com/us-refuses-to-confirm-if-indian-mig-21-shot-down-pakistani-f-16-fighter-jet/ |access-date=1 December 2020 |website=eurasiantimes.com |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=Joshi |first=Sameer|date=20 August 2019 |title=8 pieces of clinching evidence that show how IAF's Abhinandan shot down a Pakistani F-16 |url=https://theprint.in/defence/8-pieces-of-clinching-evidence-that-show-how-iafs-abhinandan-shot-down-a-pakistani-f-16/278752/ |access-date=1 December 2020 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}} whose aim was to target Indian Army ammunition dumps and other infrastructure near Srinagar, Poonch and Jammu area, according to Indian government officials. However, Pakistani officials say that air strikes in India by Pakistan Air Force jets were meant to demonstrate Pakistan's capability and Pakistani jets were ordered to drop their bombs in open space to avoid any human or collateral damage.{{cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/229462-pakistan-wants-peace-india-needs-to-understand-war-is-failure-of-policy-dg-ispr|title=Pakistan wants peace, India needs to understand war is failure of policy: DG ISPR|date=27 February 2019|newspaper=Geo News}} This led to a dogfight and a confirmed shootdown of an IAF MiG-21. Pakistan also claims that an additional IAF Su-30MKI was also shot down in this dogfight.{{cite news|url=https://timesofislamabad.com/17-Apr-2019/in-a-first-paf-chief-reveals-shooting-down-of-iaf-russian-made-su-30-mki-inside-details-of-indian-combat-helicopter-downing|title=In a first, PAF Chief reveals shooting down of IAF Russian made Su 30 MKI, inside details of Indian Combat Helicopter downing|newspaper=Times of Islamabad|date=17 April 2019}} However, India denies the loss of any of its Su-30MKIs and instead claims that a PAF F-16 was shot down in the dogfight by its MiG-21.{{cite news |url=https://www.theprint.in/defence/8-pieces-of-clinching-evidence-that-show-how-iafs-abhinandan-shot-down-a-pakistani-f-16/278752/%3famp |title=8 pieces of clinching evidence that show how IAF's Abhinandan shot down a Pakistani F-16|date=20 August 2019 |publisher=The Print}} Pakistan also denies the loss of any of its F-16 in the battle. The only confirmed losses of the engagement were that of the MiG-21 and an IAF Mil Mi-17 helicopter shot down by friendly fire.{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/973118/j-k-armed-forces-tribunal-stays-action-against-two-iaf-officers-for-shooting-down-mi-17-chopper|title=J&K: Armed Forces Tribunal stays action against two IAF officers for shooting down Mi-17 chopper|date=15 September 2020|website=The Print|quote=The Mi-17 V5 chopper had been shot down in friendly fire during a skirmish between Indian and Pakistani jets on the border.}}

During the 2020 China-India standoff, India deployed Mirage 2000Is along the Line of Actual Control, particularly after the Galwan Valley skirmish near Pangong Tso in the Ladakh region.{{cite web |last=Nanjappa |first=Vicky|date=29 November 2020 |title=As India-China stalemate continues, MARCOS go to Pangong Tso |url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/as-india-china-stalemate-continues-marcos-go-to-pangong-tso-3182795.html |access-date=1 December 2020 |website=oneindia.com |language=en}}{{cite web |title=The Indian Air Force is ramping up deployment in LAC – Bringing out the big guns |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/the-indian-air-force-is-ramping-up-deployment-in-lac/mirage-2000/slideshow/76811156.cms |access-date=1 December 2020 |website=The Economic Times}}

In September 2021, France agreed to sell some of its retired Mirage 2000 airframes to India, at a price of €1 million per plane. Out of the 24 fighters to be bought, 13 are in complete condition with intact engines and airframes, and eight of these shall fly after servicing. The remaining 11 fighters are partially complete but with fuel tanks and ejection seats, which will be scavenged to secure parts for the IAF's two existing Mirage squadrons.{{Cite news |title=IAF to bolster fighter fleet with 24 second-hand Mirages |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/iaf-to-bolster-fighter-fleet-with-24-second-hand-mirages-101631836620386-amp.html |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=17 September 2021}}

Mirage 2000 fighters were used in the 2025 conflict between India and Pakistan. The Washington Post reported that one Mirage 2000 was lost during the clash and crashed in the village of Wuyan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/09/fighter-jets-india-pakistan-attack/|title=At least two Indian jets appear to have crashed during Pakistan strikes, visuals show}}

In December 1982, Peru placed an $800 million order for 14 single-seat Mirage 2000Ps and two two-seat Mirage 2000DP trainers, with an option for eight and two more aircraft, respectively. Although the contract was signed in 1985, the Peruvian government, due to the country's financial issues, renegotiated the number of aircraft to be reduced to 10 single-seaters and two two-seaters. Handover of the first aircraft occurred in June 1985, although the first deliveries to Peru were not made until December 1986, after the initial training of pilots in France had been completed.{{Cite journal |title=Peru halves Mirage 2000 order |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%202450.html |journal=Flight International|date=11–17 August 1985 |page=10 |volume=128 |issue=3973 |location=Surrey, UK |publisher=IPC Transport Press |issn=0015-3710 |access-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420143937/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%202450.html |archive-date=20 April 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%201968.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420145119/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%201968.html |archive-date=20 April 2017 |url-status=live}}World Air Power Journal, p. 97.

The Peruvian Air Force ordered a set of munitions similar to that ordered by Egypt, along with ATLIS II targeting pods. The Peruvian Mirages flew combat air patrol missions in 1995 during the Cenepa War.{{cite web |language= es |title= Conflicto del Cenepa 1995: operaciones aéreas |trans-title= Cenepa war 1995: air operations |url= http://fuerzamilitarperu.foroactivo.net/t260-conflicto-del-cenepa-1995-operaciones-aereas |publisher= Fueza militar peru; Foro activo |access-date= 29 January 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120312010402/http://fuerzamilitarperu.foroactivo.net/t260-conflicto-del-cenepa-1995-operaciones-aereas |archive-date= 12 March 2012 |url-status= usurped}}

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Peru's Mirage 2000s underwent an inspection and partial electronic modernisation programme following a $140 million deal in 2009 that involved Dassault, Snecma, and Thales.{{cite web |last=Hoyle |first=Craig |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/peru-mirages-to-get-fleet-recovery-upgrade-328433/ |title=Peru Mirages to get fleet recovery upgrade|date=18 June 2009 |work=Flight International |access-date=21 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422032817/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/peru-mirages-to-get-fleet-recovery-upgrade-328433/ |archive-date=22 April 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/peru-moves-to-maintain-modernize-its-fighter-fleet-07400/ |title=Peru Moves to Maintain, Modernize its Fighter Fleet |website=defenseindustrydaily.com |access-date=20 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104164142/https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/peru-moves-to-maintain-modernize-its-fighter-fleet-07400/ |archive-date=4 January 2018 |url-status=live}} The aircraft are expected to be retired by 2025.{{Cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Peru-mulls-replacing-aged-air-force-jets/16101364290342/ |title=Peru mulls replacing aged air force jets|date=26 March 2013 |work=United Press International |access-date=21 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518102538/http://www.upi.com/Peru-mulls-replacing-aged-air-force-jets/16101364290342/ |archive-date=18 May 2017 |url-status=live}}

In May 1983, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) placed an order for 36 Mirage 2000 aircraft. The order consisted of 22 single-seat Mirage 2000AED, eight unique single-seat reconnaissance variants designated Mirage 2000RAD, and six Mirage 2000DAD trainers, which collectively are known as SAD-8 (Standard Abu Dhabi). The order specified an Italian-made defensive avionics suite that delayed delivery of the first of these aircraft until 1989.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

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In November 1998, the UAE signed a $3.2 billion contract that consisted of an order for 30 Mirage 2000-9s, as well as the deal to upgrade 33 of the surviving SAD-8 aircraft up the new standard. The contract was later amended so it would encompass 32 new-built aircraft—20 single-seater Mirage 2000-9s and 12 two-seater 2000-9Ds—and 30 upgrade kits for original aircraft. The aircraft were equipped with a classified countermeasures system designated IMEWS. Although deliveries were scheduled for 2001, the first aircraft arrived in the spring of 2003.{{cite web |last=Macrae |first=Duncan |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54466878.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412143230/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54466878.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 April 2017 |title=New recce systems for UAE Mirage 2000-9s. |work=Interavia Business & Technology|date=1 March 1999 |access-date=21 June 2017 }}Grolleau 2003, p. 75.

The UAE's Mirage 2000-9s are equipped for the strike mission, with the Shehab laser targeting pod (a variant of the Damocles) and the Nahar navigation pod, complementing the air-to-ground modes of the RDY-2 radar. They are also equipped with a classified countermeasures system designated IMEWS, which is comparable to the ICMS 3. Emirati Mirage 2000s are armed with weapons such as the PGM 500 guided bomb and the "Black Shaheen" cruise missile, which is basically a variant of the MBDA Apache cruise missile.{{cite web |url=http://theaviationist.com/special-reports/uae-air-force-mirage-2000s-carrying-bombs/ |title=UAE Air Force Mirage 2000s performing air strikes in Libya?|date=2 May 2011 |website=theaviationist.com |access-date=20 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121000035/https://theaviationist.com/special-reports/uae-air-force-mirage-2000s-carrying-bombs/ |archive-date=21 January 2018 |url-status=live}} All 30 survivors of this first batch have been extensively refurbished and upgraded, bringing them to the same standard as the Mirage 2000-9.{{Citation needed|date= July 2011}}

UAE Mirage 2000s flew in the Gulf War of 1991, but had little action. Six Mirage 2000s were to participate in the enforcement of the no-fly zone over Libya.{{cite news |url= http://www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews |title= UAE updates support to UN resolution 1973|date= 24 March 2011 |access-date= 25 March 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110721080950/http://www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1300255413630&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews |archive-date= 21 July 2011 |url-status= live}}

As part of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen on 14 March 2016, a UAE Mirage 2000-9D crashed in the southern Yemeni city of Aden during a combat operation in the early morning hours, killing its two pilots. The Arab coalition claims the Mirage crashed due to a technical fault.{{cite web |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2016/03/14/uae-mirage-fighter-jet-crashes-over-yemen/ |title=UAE Mirage Fighter Jet Crashes Over Yemen |first=Awad |last=Mustafa|date=8 August 2017 |website=defensenews.com}} Other sources reported that the Mirage 2000-9D was shot down by Yemeni Al-Qaeda militants using a Strela-2 MANPADS while flying low.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-conflict-al-qaeda-used-surface-to-air-missile-to-bring-down-emirati-fighter-jet-a6954671.html |title=Al-Qaeda 'used surface-to-air missile' to bring down Emirati fighter jet in Yemen |website=independent.co.uk|date=26 March 2016 |access-date=10 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424084452/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/yemen-conflict-al-qaeda-used-surface-to-air-missile-to-bring-down-emirati-fighter-jet-a6954671.html |archive-date=24 April 2018 |url-status=live}}

On 2 July 2019, during the 2019–20 Western Libya campaign, an airstrike hit the Tajoura Detention Center outside Tripoli, Libya, which was being used as a holding facility for migrants and refugees trying to reach Europe, was struck from the air. A storage hangar being used as a residential facility was destroyed by the attack, killing at least 53 people and wounding 130.{{cite news |title=Libya migrants 'fired on after fleeing attack' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48871430 |access-date=5 July 2019 |work=BBC|date=4 July 2019}} The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) initially claimed that the airstrike was conducted by the Libyan National Army (LNA),{{cite news |url= https://www.voanews.com/a/africa_deadly-libya-bombing-may-be-war-crime/6171120.html |title= Deadly Libya Bombing May Be War Crime |publisher= Voice of America |last= Murdock |first= Heather |date= 3 July 2019 |access-date= 13 July 2019}}{{cite AV media |url= https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000006594318/europe-shut-african-migrants-out-libyan-rebels-bombed-them.html |title= Europe Shut These Migrants Out, Libyan Rebels Bombed Them |publisher= New York Times |first= Evan |last= Hill |first2=Dimitry |last2=Khavin |first3= Christiaan |last3= Triebert |first4=Malachy |last4=Brown |first5= David |last5=Botti|date= 10 July 2019 |access-date= 13 July 2019}} but later attributed the attack to a UAE aircraft.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}} A January 2020 report by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) stated that the strike was likely to have been carried out with a guided bomb fired from a non-Libyan aircraft, again suggesting that a foreign Mirage 2000 had been used.{{cite web |title= The airstrikes on the Daman building complex, including the Tajoura Detention Centre, 2 July 2019 |website= UNSMIL |date = 2020-01-27 |url = https://unsmil.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/unsmil-ohchr_report_airstrikes_at_tajoura-final.pdf |access-date = 2020-01-28 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200128191954/https://unsmil.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/unsmil-ohchr_report_airstrikes_at_tajoura-final.pdf |archive-date= 2020-01-28 |url-status=live |url-access = }}

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In July 1985, Greece signed a contract for 40 Mirage 2000s comprising 36 single-seat aircraft and 4 two-seat trainers. The order came as part of a larger defence acquisition programme that saw the country, for political reasons, proceed with an order for the F-16.{{clarify|date=December 2018}} The $1.38 billion Mirage contract also consisted of weapons and equipment, as well as industrial offsets that permitted HAI to produce the M53-P2 engines. The first aircraft were delivered in June 1988 and the last, by the end of 1989. They featured an "ICMS Mk. 1" defensive countermeasures suite (DCS), an updated version of the standard Mirage 2000C DCS, characterised by two small antennas near the top of the tailfin. Initially armed with R.550 Matra Magic-2 missiles. During the "Talos" modernisation project of the 1990s, carried out by Hellenic Aerospace Industry and supervised by Dassault and Thompson-CSF, the aircraft received: a vastly improved RDM-3 radar set; the ICMS 1 DCS; the ability to carry the Super-530D medium-range missile and the AM39 Exocet Block II anti-ship missile. After "Talos", the aircraft were renamed Mirage-2000EGM/BGM.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}

In August 2000, Greece placed a $1.1 billion order for a batch of 15 new Mirage 2000-5 Mk. 2 fighters, and had 10 existing Mirage 2000EGMs upgraded to Mirage 2000-5 Mk. 2 standard. The upgrade meant the addition of the RDY-2 radar and ICMS-3 DCS, and the ability to deploy SCALP cruise missiles and both versions of the MICA instead, an order for which was placed.{{Cite journal |title=Greece signs for fighters and cruise missiles |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000-1%20-%200789.html |journal=Flight International|date=29 August – 4 September 2000 |page=21 |issn=0015-3710 |access-date=20 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320234850/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000-1%20-%200789.html |archive-date=20 March 2017 |url-status=live}}{{Cite journal |title=Athens' new wings |journal=Military Technology |location=Bonn, Germany |publisher=Monch Publications|date=September 1999 |volume=23 |issue=9 |pages=77–80}} All Greek machines (Mk 2s and EGMs) feature the TOTEM-3000 INS of the Mk2 instead of the Uliss-52 and have hose-and-drogue aerial refueling capability.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}

On 8 October 1996, seven months after the escalation of the dispute with Turkey over the Imia/Kardak islands, a Turkish F-16D jet crashed into the Aegean Sea after interception by Greek Mirages.{{citation |url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4362620.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121104212512/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4362620.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 4 November 2012 |title= Turkish F-16 jet crashes after Greek interception |newspaper= Chicago Sun-Times|date= 9 October 1996 }} The Turkish pilot died, while the co-pilot ejected and was rescued by Greek forces.{{Citation |url= http://f-16.net/ |contribution-url= http://www.f-16.net/f-16_fighting_falcon_airframe-3371.html |publisher= F-16 |title= Aircraft Database |type= airframe details |contribution= 91-0023 |access-date= 18 May 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080517072245/http://f-16.net/ |archive-date= 17 May 2008 |url-status= live}} In August 2012, after the downing of a RF-4E on the Syrian coast, Turkish Defence Minister İsmet Yılmaz claimed that the Turkish F-16D was shot down in 1996 by a Greek Mirage 2000 with an R.550 Magic II near Chios island.{{cite web |title= Tuaf incidents |url= http://theaviationist.com/2012/09/06/tuaf-incidents/ |work= The Avionist|date= 6 September 2012 |access-date= 21 February 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150130040159/http://theaviationist.com/2012/09/06/tuaf-incidents/ |archive-date= 30 January 2015 |url-status= live}} Greece denies that the F-16 was shot down.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} Both Mirage 2000 pilots reported that the F-16 caught fire and that they saw one parachute.{{cite web |url=https://www.newsbomb.gr/ellada/ethnika/video/697371/katarripsi-toyrkikoy-f-16-ti-dilose-o-ellinas-pilotos |title=Κατάρριψη τουρκικού F-16 – Τι δήλωσε ο Έλληνας πιλότος |date=18 May 2016 |access-date=16 February 2019 |via=newsbomb.gr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153434/https://www.newsbomb.gr/ellada/ethnika/video/697371/katarripsi-toyrkikoy-f-16-ti-dilose-o-ellinas-pilotos |archive-date=16 February 2019 |url-status=live}}

On 12 April 2018, a Greek Mirage 2000-5, part of a two-ship formation, crashed into the Aegean Sea north of the Skyros air base after being scrambled to intercept two Turkish F-16s that were in the disputed airspace. When the Mirage pair arrived in the area, the Turkish jets had already left. The Greek pilot died in the crash, which was attributed to Saharan dust in the air; both Mirage pilots were flying low in poor visibility.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/greek-fighter-jet-crashes-in-sea-after-patrol-pilot-missing/2018/04/12/e62c5140-3e42-11e8-955b-7d2e19b79966_story.html |title=Greek fighter jet crashes into Aegean Sea, pilot killed - the Washington Post |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414174018/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/greek-fighter-jet-crashes-in-sea-after-patrol-pilot-missing/2018/04/12/e62c5140-3e42-11e8-955b-7d2e19b79966_story.html |archive-date=14 April 2018 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/227610/article/ekathimerini/news/greece-mourns-fighter-pilot |title=Greece mourns fighter pilot – Kathimerini |website=Ekathimerini.com |access-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413190042/http://www.ekathimerini.com/227610/article/ekathimerini/news/greece-mourns-fighter-pilot |archive-date=13 April 2018 |url-status=live}}

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In response to mainland China's purchase of the Su-27, the Republic of China (Taiwan) began talks with the US and France about the possible purchase of new fighters. While the US opposed Taiwan's acquisition of the Mirage 2000 and instead pressured it to procure the F-16, the Republic of China Air Force became the first customer for the Mirage 2000-5 in November 1992. The order for 48 single-seat Mirage 2000-5EIs and 12 Mirage 2000-5DI trainers was condemned by China. The order also included 480 Magic short-range air-to-air missiles, 960 MICA intermediate-range air-to-air missiles, auxiliary fuel tanks, ground support equipment, and monitoring equipment; total costs amounted to US$4.9 billion, of which $2.6 billion was for the aircraft.For context of the negotiations, see {{Cite journal |title=Taiwanese dream is a Mirage |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1991/1991%20-%201843.html |journal=Flight International|date=10–16 July 1991 |page=5 |issn=0015-3710 |access-date=21 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322112102/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1991/1991%20-%201843.html |archive-date=22 March 2017 |url-status=live}}

• For details about the negotiations, see {{Cite news |title=U.S. Puts Pressure on Taiwan To Slow French Mirage Talks |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=15 September 1992}}
• For details about the order, see {{Cite journal |last=Dreyer |first=June Teufel |title=China's military strategy toward Taiwan |journal=American Asian Review |volume=17 |issue=3 |page=19|date=Fall 1999 |publisher=Institute of Asian Studies |location=Queens, NY}}
• For the response from China, see {{Cite news |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/11/19/China-slams-France-on-Taiwan-jet-deal/2115722149200/ |title=China slams France on Taiwan jet deal |work=United Press International|date=19 November 1992 |access-date=13 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413154152/http://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/11/19/China-slams-France-on-Taiwan-jet-deal/2115722149200/ |archive-date=13 April 2017 |url-status=live}}
• Also see {{cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-12909824.html |title=Taiwan expected to sign deal this week to buy French fighter |work=Defense Daily|date=17 November 1992 |access-date=8 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124251/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-12909824.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}} The MICA missile provides the Mirage with a degree of BVR capability needed for its role as frontline interceptor. In addition, a set of ASTAC electronic intelligence (ELINT) pods was ordered.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} A number of centerline twin gun pods with DEFA 554 cannons were also acquired and fitted on the two-seaters, as they do not have an internal gun armament.

Taiwanese Mirage 2000s were delivered from May 1997 to November 1998, and are based at Hsinchu AB.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} The RoCAF's Mirages have suffered from low operational readiness and high maintenance costs; the harsh environment and high operational tempo have caused higher than expected wear and tear. After cracks were detected in the blades of the aircraft's engines in 2009, Dassault worked with Taiwanese authorities to successfully rectify the issue and provided compensation for the engine damage. By the following year, normal training hours of 15 per month had resumed and the fleet's operational readiness had been restored, after having reportedly dropped to 6 hours per month because of the engine troubles.{{cite web |url= http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/03/22/2003468632 |title= France compensates Taiwan for Mirage 2000 engine trouble |publisher= Taipei Times|date= 24 May 2011 |access-date= 31 May 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604225505/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/03/22/2003468632 |archive-date= 4 June 2011 |url-status= live}}{{Citation |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100321/wl_asia_afp/taiwanfranceweapons |title=Taiwan, France: Weapons |newspaper=AFP |publisher=Yahoo|date=21 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327045848/http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100321/wl_asia_afp/taiwanfranceweapons |archive-date=27 March 2010}} There were also considerations of mothballing the entire Mirage fleet because of its high maintenance costs.{{cite news |title=Minister to consider mothballing Mirage fighter jets - Taipei Times |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/10/23/2003456676 |access-date=20 September 2023 |work=Taipei Times |date=23 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314173458/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/10/23/2003456676 |archive-date=14 March 2021}} Although the aircraft's maintenance costs more than that of the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo and the Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon, the fleet was reportedly still being flown.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} Yet plans to upgrade the fleet have not been executed, since the upgrade is cost prohibitive.{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseworld.net/news/17883/Taiwan_To_Locally_Upgrade_MICA_Missiles_in_ITS_Mirage_2000_Jets#.WEb8iVKsBZE |title=Taiwan To Locally Upgrade MICA Missiles in ITS Mirage 2000 Jets |publisher=Defense World|date=6 December 2016 |access-date=6 December 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161207042126/http://www.defenseworld.net/news/17883/Taiwan_To_Locally_Upgrade_MICA_Missiles_in_ITS_Mirage_2000_Jets#.WEb8iVKsBZE |archive-date=7 December 2016 |url-status=live}}

{{See also|Taiwan Mirage affair}}

In 1994, Qatar became the second export customer for the Mirage 2000-5 as it ordered twelve aircraft to replace its Mirage F1EDAs. Designated Mirage 2000-5DAs, the aircraft ordered consisted of nine single-seaters (5EDA) and three two-seaters (5DDA), and the first delivery was made in September 1997. Qatar also purchased the MICA missile and the Apache stand-off cruise missile.{{Cite journal |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1994/1994%20-%201874.html |title=Qatar Mirage 2000 package unveiled|date=10–16 August 1994 |journal=Flight International |location=London, UK |publisher=Reed Business Publishing |access-date=21 June 2017 |issn=0015-3710 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413154255/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1994/1994%20-%201874.html |archive-date=13 April 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Moxon |first=Julian |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/qatar-takes-first-mirage-2000s-21647/ |title=Qatar takes first Mirage 2000s|date=17 September 1997 |work=Flight International |access-date=21 June 2017 |issn=0015-3710 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413154323/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/qatar-takes-first-mirage-2000s-21647/ |archive-date=13 April 2017 |url-status=live}} The aircraft would be used sparingly, and by the mid-2000s, under pressure from the US to dispose of the aircraft and with most of the aircraft's operational life still intact, Qatar offered to sell the aircraft to Pakistan and later India. Such a deal would not materialise.{{cite web |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1143938711.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413155740/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1143938711.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2017 |title=India looking again at Qatari Mirage fighters|date=11 October 2016 |access-date=21 June 2017 |work=Hindustan Times }}

File:Dassault Mirage 2000-5 participating in Odyssey Dawn (cropped).jpg

In March 2011, Mirage 2000s were deployed to an airbase on the Greek island of Crete as part of Qatar's commitment to assist in the NATO-enforced no-fly zone over Libya. The aircraft would soon jointly enforce the no-fly zone along with French Mirage 2000-5 aircraft.

Dassault participated in a competition to replace the Brazilian Air Force's aging Mirage IIIEBR/DBRs with a Brazilian-specific version of the Mirage 2000-9 that would have been developed in collaboration with Embraer designated Mirage 2000BR. However, due to Brazilian fiscal problems, the competition dragged on for years until it was suspended in February 2005. Instead, Brazil in July 2005 purchased 12 ex-French Air Force Mirage 2000 aircraft (ten "C" and two "B" versions), designated F-2000, for $72 million.{{cite web |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2005/07/05/200136/brazil-to-seal-mirage-2000-deal.html |title=Brazil to seal Mirage 2000 deal|date=5 July 2005 |work=Flight International |access-date=31 May 2011}} Deliveries began in September 2006 and concluded on 27 August 2008 with the delivery of the last 2 aircraft.{{cite news |url=http://www.aereo.jor.br/2008/08/28/ultimos-f-2000-sao-recebidos/ |title=Últimos Mirage 2000 são recebidos pela FAB |language=pt |trans-title=FAB receives last Mirage 2000s |newspaper=Poder Aéreo|date=27 August 2008 |access-date=25 January 2011 |place=BR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303221358/http://www.aereo.jor.br/2008/08/28/ultimos-f-2000-sao-recebidos/ |archive-date=3 March 2011 |url-status=live}} According to Journal of Electronic Defense, the figure was $200 million, which consisted of a significant number of Magic 2 air-to-air missiles, and the AdA would provide full conversion training in France and full logistical support. The ten single-seat fighters and two twin-seat combat-trainers were drawn from operational squadrons Escadron de Chasse 1/5 and 2/5, based at Orange AB, respectively. The first delivery was made September 2006 to 1º Grupo de Defesa Aérea (1º GDA – 1st Air Defence Group) based at Annapolis.Brazil Buying French Mirage, Journal of Electronic Defense, September 2005. They were primarily used in the air-defence role and were equipped with Matra Super 530D and Matra Magic 2.{{cite news |url=http://www.aereo.jor.br/2008/08/24/f-2000-o-gap-filler-da-defesa-aerea-do-brasil/ |title=F-2000, o 'gap filler' da defesa aérea do Brasil |language=pt |trans-title=F-2000, the Brazilian aerial defense gap filler |newspaper=Poder Aéreo|date=24 August 2008 |access-date=25 January 2012 |place=BR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103221354/http://www.aereo.jor.br/2008/08/24/f-2000-o-gap-filler-da-defesa-aerea-do-brasil/ |archive-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=live}} Brazil officially retired its fleet in December 2013,{{Citation |language= pt |title= Brasil negocia tomar caças emprestados de empresa sueca |url= http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2013/12/brasil-negocia-tomar-cacas-emprestados-de-empresa-sueca.html |newspaper= G1 |publisher= Globo|date= Dec 2013 |place= BR |access-date= 20 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131220195240/http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2013/12/brasil-negocia-tomar-cacas-emprestados-de-empresa-sueca.html |archive-date= 20 December 2013 |url-status= live}} — actually, Brazil would lease the Gripen from the Swedish air force, not from Saab — Saab does not keep airplanes do lend or lease.{{Citation |language= pt |title= FAB se despede dos caças Mirage 2000 |trans-title= FAB says farewell to the Mirage 2000 fighters |url= http://www.aereo.jor.br/2013/12/20/fab-se-despede-dos-cacas-mirage-2000/ |newspaper= Poder aéreo|date= 20 December 2013 |place= BR |access-date= 24 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131223141034/http://www.aereo.jor.br/2013/12/20/fab-se-despede-dos-cacas-mirage-2000/ |archive-date= 23 December 2013 |url-status= live}} just before the maintenance contract with Dassault concluded.{{cite news |url= http://planobrasil.com/2011/10/05/brasil-renova-acordo-e-prolonga-a-vida-dso-mirage-2000/ |title= Brasil renova acordo e prolonga a vida dos Mirage 2000 |language= pt |trans-title= Brazil renews agreement and extends Mirage 2000s' life |newspaper= Plano Brasil|date= 5 October 2011 |access-date= 25 January 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120114150308/http://planobrasil.com/2011/10/05/brasil-renova-acordo-e-prolonga-a-vida-dso-mirage-2000 |archive-date= 14 January 2012 |url-status= live}}

Indonesia has considered in acquiring used Mirage 2000s for the Indonesian Air Force. 12 Mirage 2000-5s from Qatar is reportedly chosen by Indonesia.{{Cite web |title= Indonesia Buys 12 Second-Hand Mirage 2000-5 Aircraft from Qatar |url=https://www.turdef.com/Article/indonesia-buys-12-second-hand-mirage-2000-5-aircraft-from-qatar/2296 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website= turdef.com |language=en}} In November 2022, the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia approved foreign loans to fund several Indonesian Air Force procurement programs, including the ex-Qatari Mirage 2000s proposal.{{cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/indonesia-approves-usd39-billion-in-foreign-loans-for-fighter-aircraft-programmes |title=Indonesia approves USD3.9 billion in foreign loans for fighter aircraft programmes |website=Janes.com |date=15 November 2022 |access-date=27 November 2022}} In June 2023, an Indonesian Ministry of Defence official confirmed a contract was signed with Czech company Excalibur International, acting as the provider for the aircraft, earlier this year to procure Qatar's fleet of Mirage 2000 aircraft.{{cite web |last1=Kadidal |first1=Akhil |title=Indonesia signs contract to acquire Qatar Mirage 2000 fleet |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/indonesia-signs-contract-to-acquire-qatar-mirage-2000-fleet/ |website=Janes |access-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617181735/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/indonesia-signs-contract-to-acquire-qatar-mirage-2000-fleet/ |archive-date=17 June 2023 |date=15 June 2023 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Yeo |first1=Mike |title=Indonesia buys Qatari Mirage jets to plug fighter gap |url=https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/06/14/indonesia-buys-qatari-mirage-jets-to-plug-fighter-gap/ |website=Defense News |access-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230617181724/https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023/06/14/indonesia-buys-qatari-mirage-jets-to-plug-fighter-gap/ |archive-date=17 June 2023 |location=Melbourne |date=14 June 2023 |url-status=live}} In January 2024, the Indonesian Ministry of Defense reported that the deal is temporarily put on hold.{{cite web |url=https://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/2024/01/indonesia-puts-qatari-mirage-2000-deal-on-hold/ |title=Indonesia puts Qatari Mirage 2000 deal on hold |date=5 January 2024 }} On 9 February 2024, spokesperson for the Minister of Defence confirmed the plan to acquire Mirages have been cancelled.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-11 |title=Jubir Menhan: Rencana Pembelian Jet Mirage Sudah Dibatalkan |url=https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20240211045005-20-1061025/jubir-menhan-rencana-pembelian-jet-mirage-sudah-dibatalkan |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=nasional |publisher=CNN Indonesia |language=id-ID}}

File:Mirage 2000 UAF (clean).jpg Mirage 2000]]

Following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Ukraine had expressed interest in the Mirage 2000, and it was reported in March 2023 that France has been training Ukrainian pilots on this aircraft in anticipation that some may be sent to Ukraine.{{Cite web |url=https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/03/22/france-trains-ukrainian-pilots-on-mirage-planes-le-figaro/ |title=Ukrainian Air Force denies Le Figaro's report that France trains Ukrainian pilots on Mirage fighter jets (updated) |publisher=Euromaidan Press |date=2023-03-22 |access-date= 6 June 2024}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.aviacionline.com/2022/08/f-22-f-35-gripen-and-eurofighter-ukraine-air-force-openly-requests-for-western-fighters/ |work = Aviacionline |title=F-22, F-35, Gripen and Eurofighter: Ukraine Air Force openly requests for western fighters |first=Pablo |last=Díaz |date=27 August 2022 |access-date= 6 June 2024}} French President Emmanuel Macron announced during a televised interview on 6 June 2024 that an unspecified number of Mirage 2000-5s are to be delivered to Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-06 |title=France to transfer Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Ukraine, Macron announces |url= https://kyivindependent.com/france-to-transfer-mirage-2000-5-fighter-jets-to-ukraine/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=The Kyiv Independent}} The French defense minister announced on 6 February 2025 that the first Mirage 2000 had been delivered to Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-06 |title=French defence minister says first Mirage 2000 fighter jets delivered to Ukraine |url= https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250206-french-defence-minister-says-first-mirage-2000-fighter-jets-delivered-to-ukraine |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=France 24}}

On 7 March 2025, Mirages were deployed alongside F-16s to intercept Russian cruise missiles and drones launched overnight. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, 34 missiles and 100 drones were intercepted by fighter jets, surface-to-air missile systems, jammers, and mobile fire groups.{{cite news |last1=Zadorozhnyy |first1=Tim |title=French-made Mirage 2000 jets join Ukraine's defense against Russian strike for the first time |url=https://kyivindependent.com/frances-mirage-2000-jets-first-join-ukraines-defense-against-russian-air-assault-air-forces-report/ |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=The Kyiv Independent |date=7 March 2025 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Mirage In Ukraine's Defense: French Fighter Jets Join In Repelling Russian Strike For the First Time |url=https://mil.in.ua/en/news/mirage-in-ukraine-s-defense-french-fighter-jets-join-in-repelling-russian-strike-for-the-first-time/ |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=Militarnyi |date=7 March 2025}}

{{More citations needed section|date=March 2011}}

Upgrades include the addition of the Non-Cooperative Target Recognition (NCTR) mode to the RDI Radar to allow identification of airborne targets not responding on identification friend or foe (IFF), and the ability to carry air-to-ground stores such as rocket pods, iron bombs and cluster bombs. Some variants, especially those equipped with the RDM radar (mainly used in export models) have the capability to use the Exocet anti-ship missile.

The Mirage 2000B is a two-seat operational conversion trainer variant which first flew on 11 October 1980. The French Air Force acquired 30 Mirage 2000Bs, and all three AdA fighter wings each obtained several of them for conversion training.

The Mirage 2000N is the nuclear strike variant which was intended to carry the Air-Sol Moyenne Portée nuclear stand-off missile. The variant was retired on 21 June 2018.{{cite web |url= http://alert5.com/2018/06/22/french-air-force-retires-the-mirage-2000n/ |title= French Air Force retires the Mirage 2000N |website= Alert 5 |date=22 June 2018 |access-date=24 June 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180625022137/http://alert5.com/2018/06/22/french-air-force-retires-the-mirage-2000n/ |archive-date=25 June 2018 |url-status=live}}

The Mirage 2000D is a dedicated conventional attack variant developed from the Mirage 2000N.

;Mirage 2000D RMV

Mirage 2000D Rénovation Mi-Vie (Mid-Life Upgrade).{{cite web |work = The avionist |url= https://theaviationist.com/2021/08/02/faf-mir2000-test-djibouti/ |title = French Air Force Completes Upgraded Mirage 2000D Test Campaign in Djibouti |date = 2 August 2021}} It updates the avionics, integrates a CC422 gun pod, the GBU-48, and the GBU-50, along with allowing use of MICA missiles in the place of Magic missiles.{{Cite web| language = fr |url= https://www.senat.fr/rap/a18-149-8/a18-149-811.html |title= Projet de loi de finances pour 2019 : Défense : Équipement des forces| publisher = Senat |place = FR |accessdate= 18 December 2022}}

First major upgrade over the Mirage 2000C. Replaces most cockpit displays with several large multi-function displays, and upgrading the stores-to-aircraft interface for the use of targeting pods and a wide variety of guided air-to-air weapons, as well as a radar upgrade to provide guidance information for MICA missiles.[https://www.defense.gouv.fr/air/nos-aeronefs/nos-avions/mirage-2000-5f]

;Mirage 2000-5 Mk 2

The improved "Mk 2" variant of the Mirage 2000-5 features the more advanced RDY-2 Radar (replacing the RDM Radar), the new multi-data processing unit (MDPU) replacing the old MC1 & MC2 Main-Computers and a new TOTEM 3000 INS using lasers (instead of the mechanical ULISS 52 INS). The mainly analog Cockpits were replaced by more modern "glass Cockpits". Another upgrade (at least the Hellenic Air Force's) M2000-5 Mk2 received is a new ICMS "advanced type MK3" System.{{Citation |url = https://www.haf.gr/en/history/historical-aircraft/mirage-2000-5/ |title = Mirage 2000 EGM/BGM |publisher = HAF |place = GR |work = Historical aircraft}}

"Mirage 2000E" was a blanket designation for a series of export variants of the Mirage 2000. These aircraft were fitted with the M53-P2 engine and an enhanced "RDM+" radar, and all can carry the day-only ATLIS II laser targeting pod.

;Mirage 2000EM

The Mirage 2000M is the version purchased by Egypt. Two-seat Mirage 2000BM trainers were also ordered.

;Mirage 2000H, 2000TH

Designation of two-seat trainers and single-seat fighters for India. Indian Mirage 2000s have been integrated to carry the Russian R-73E Archer missile as of 2007.{{Cite journal |first=Vivek |last=Raghuvanshi |title=Elbit, Dassault, HAL Team on Mirage Upgrade |journal=Defense News|date=30 July 2007 |page=28}} The Mirage 2000TH is a twin-seat trainer version.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

;Mirage 2000I, 2000TI

It is an Indian specific version single/twin-seater fighter for the Indian Air Force similar to Mirage 2000-5 Mk2 equipped with Indian French and Israeli avionics and weapon packages. Its contract was signed in 2011 and first upgraded aircraft was delivered in 2015. Dassault aviation will upgrade initial few planes Mirage 2000H, 2000TH to 2000I, 2000TI later by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.{{Cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/iaf-starts-getting-upgraded-mirage-2000-fighters-115032600035_1.html |title = IAF starts getting upgraded Mirage 2000 fighters |newspaper = Business Standard India |date = 26 March 2015 |last1 = Shukla |first1 = Ajai}}

;Mirage 2000P

Peru placed an order for 10 single-seat Mirage 2000Ps and 2 Mirage 2000DP trainers.

;Mirage 2000-5EI

Of the 60 Mirage 2000s Taiwan ordered in 1992, the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) would receive 48 single-seat Mirage 2000-5EI interceptors and 12 Mirage 2000-5DI trainers. This version of Mirage 2000-5 had the mid-air refuel ability as well as its ground attack ability deleted.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

;Mirage 2000-5EDA

In 1994, Qatar ordered nine single-seat Mirage 2000-5EDAs and three Mirage 2000-5DDA trainers, with initial deliveries starting in late 1997.

File:UAE Mirage 2000.JPG Mirage 2000 multi-role fighter]]

;Mirage 2000EAD/RAD

In 1983, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) purchased 22 single-seat Mirage 2000EADs, 8 unique single-seat Mirage 2000RAD reconnaissance variants, and 6 Mirage 2000DAD trainers, for a total order of 36 aircraft.

The Mirage 2000RAD reconnaissance variant does not have any built-in cameras or sensors, and the aircraft can still be operated in air combat or strike roles. The reconnaissance systems are implemented in pods produced by Thales and Dassault. The UAE is the only nation operating such a specialised reconnaissance variant of the Mirage 2000 at this time.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}

;Mirage 2000EG

In March 1985, Greece ordered 30 single-seat Mirage 2000EGs and 10 Mirage 2000BG two-seat trainers, equipped with RDM radars and M53P2 engines, mainly for interception/air defence roles, although the ability to use air-to-ground armaments was retained. After the Talos modernisation project, during which variant aircraft received updated sensors and avionics, as well as new anti-ship and air-to-air weapons, and were redesignated Mirage 2000EGM.{{Citation needed|date= August 2019}}

;Mirage 2000BR

A variant of the Mirage 2000-9 for Brazil that did not materialise.

;Mirage 2000-9

Mirage 2000-9 is the export variant of Mirage 2000-5 Mk.2. The UAE was the launch customer, ordering 32 new-build aircraft, comprising 20 Mirage 2000-9 single-seaters and 12 Mirage 2000-9D two-seaters. A further 30 of Abu Dhabi's older Mirage 2000s will also be upgraded to Mirage 2000-9 standard.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

{{more citations needed section|date=November 2016}}

File:MIR-2000 User countries.png

As per World Air Forces 2024,{{cite web| work = Flight global |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/2024-world-air-forces-directory/156008.article |title= World Air Forces 2024|date= 2023-12-01 |access-date=2023-12-04}} the following nations operate the Mirage 2000 as of December 2023:

;{{flag|Egypt}}

• Egyptian Air Force: The Egyptian Air Force operates 19 Mirage 2000s. This comprises 15 Mirage 2000EM fighters and 4 Mirage 2000BM trainers.

;{{flag|France}}

• French Air and Space Force: The French Air Force operates 97 Mirage 2000s. This force comprises 65 Mirage 2000D fighters, 26 Mirage 2000-5F fighters, and 6 Mirage 2000B-S5 trainers.
• Procor: The private military firm operates up to 9 Mirage 2000s, comprising 8 Mirage 2000C and 1 Mirage 2000B aircraft. These were purchased in 2019 from Brazil, and are used as aggressor aircraft.{{cite web|url= https://theaviationgeekclub.com/brazil-sells-its-mirage-2000s-to-french-company-that-will-use-them-as-contracted-aggressors/ |title= Brazil sells its Mirage 2000s to French company that will use them as Contracted Aggressors |date= 2019-05-29 |access-date=2023-12-04 |work = The aviation geek club}}{{cite web| work = Air data news |url= https://www.airdatanews.com/brazilian-air-force-manages-to-sell-nine-inactive-mirage-2000-fighters/ |title=Brazilian Air Force manages to sell nine inactive Mirage 2000 fighters |date= 2019-05-29 |access-date=2023-12-04}}

;{{flag|Greece}}

• Hellenic Air Force: The Hellenic Air Force operates 29 Mirage 2000s, which is made up by 5 Mirage 2000EG and 24 Mirage 2000-5/Mk II fighters. Some of these are also used for training. 18 may be sold to India.{{cite web |title= Greece could sell India 18 decommissioned Mirage 2000 jets at discounted price |url= https://greekcitytimes.com/2024/02/07/greece-look-to-india-to-sell-18/ |website= Greek City Times |date= 7 February 2024 |access-date=8 February 2024}}

;{{flag|India}}

• Indian Air Force: The Indian Air Force operates 55 Mirage 2000s. This force comprises 44 Mirage 2000H/I fighters and 11 Mirage 2000TH/TI trainers. India is currently upgrading all Mirage 2000H and 2000TH aircraft to 2000I and 2000TI standard respectively.

;{{flag|Peru}}

• Peruvian Air Force: The Peruvian Air Force operates 12 Mirage 2000s, comprising 10 Mirage 2000P fighters and 2 Mirage 2000DP trainers.

;{{flag|Republic of China}}

• Republic of China Air Force: The Republic of China Air Force operates 53 Mirage 2000s. This force comprises 44 Mirage 2000-5EI fighters and 9 Mirage 2000-5DI trainers.

;{{flag|Ukraine}}

• Ukrainian Air Force: Mirage 2000-5 donated by France.{{Cite web |agency=The Kyiv Independent |date=2025-02-06|title= First French Mirage fighter jets reportedly arrive in Ukraine — here's what they can do |url= https://kyivindependent.com/first-french-mirage-fighter-jets-reportedly-arrive-in-ukraine-heres-what-they-can-do/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |language=en}} On 6 February 2025, the first ex-French Mirage 2000-5s fighters have arrived in Ukraine. On 23 October 2024, Sébastien Lecornu, French Armed Forces Minister, announced that France would send the first of three Mirage 2000s to Ukraine by March 2025. These aircraft would be capable of carrying SCALP EG and MICA missiles, have updated electronic warfare and that Ukrainian pilots were to be trained in their usage.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-23 |title=French Mirage 2000s Destined For Ukraine Will Fly With Storm Shadow, MICA Missiles|url=https://www.twz.com/news-features/french-mirage-2000s-destined-for-ukraine-will-fly-with-storm-shadow-mica-missiles|author=HOWARD ALTMAN |access-date=2024-10-24 |website=TWZ |language=en}}

;{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

• United Arab Emirates Air Force: The UAE Air Force operates 59 Mirage 2000s, consisting of 44 Mirage 2000-9/EAD/RAD fighters and 15 Mirage 2000-9DAD trainers.

;{{flag|Brazil}}

• Brazilian Air Force: The Brazilian Air Force had 11 or 12 Mirage 2000s, consisting of 9 or 10 Mirage 2000C fighters and 2 Mirage 2000B trainers. These were second hand aircraft purchased from France in 2005. These aircraft were retired in December 2013, and were replaced with Saab JAS 39 Gripen aircraft. Subsequently, in 2019, Brazil sold 9 Mirage 2000s (8 Mirage 2000C and 1 Mirage 2000B) to the French company Procor, which uses them as aggressor aircraft for training.

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• Qatari Emiri Air Force: The Qatari Emiri Air Force previously operated 12 Mirage 2000s, comprising 9 Mirage 2000-5EDA fighters and 3 Mirage 2000-5DDA trainers.

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• Indonesian Air Force: The Indonesian Air Force purchased the 12 Mirage 2000s (9 Mirage 2000-5EDA fighters and 3 Mirage 2000-5DDA trainers) that were retired by Qatar. The purchase was conducted in January 2023 with Indonesia set to receive the 12 aircraft in 2025. The purchase was criticised as being a stop-gap measure, especially when Indonesia has 42 Dassault Rafales on order.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-confirms-buying-used-fighter-jets-800-million-after-deal-criticised-2023-06-14|title= Indonesia confirms buying used fighter jets for $800 million after deal criticised|website=Reuters |date=2023-06-16 |access-date= 2023-12-04}} In January 2024, Indonesia postponed the acquisition of Mirage 2000 due to limited fiscal capacity.{{cite web |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-delays-buying-used-fighter-jets-cites-fiscal-limits-2024-01-03/ |title= Indonesia delays buying used fighter jets, cites fiscal limits |website=Reuters |date=3 January 2024 |access-date= 7 January 2024}} On 9 February 2024, a spokesperson for the Minister of Defence confirmed the plan to acquire Mirages has been cancelled.

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{{Aircraft specs

|ref=Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, International Directory of Military AircraftFrawley, Gerald. "Dassault Mirage 2000". The International Directory of Military Aircraft, 2002/2003. Fishwick, Act: Aerospace Publications, 2002. {{ISBN|1-875671-55-2}}.

|prime units?=met

|crew=1

|length m=14.36

|length note=

|span m=9.13

|span note=

|height m=5.2

|height note=

|wing area sqm=41

|wing area note=

|aspect ratio=

|airfoil=

|empty weight kg=7500

|empty weight note=

|gross weight kg=13800

|gross weight note=

|max takeoff weight kg=17000

|max takeoff weight note=

|fuel capacity=3,950 L internal / 8,000 L maximum{{cite web |title=Mirage 2000 (Dassault-Breguet) |url = https://man.fas.org/dod-101/sys/ac/row/mirage-2000.htm |website=Military Analysis Network |publisher= Federation of American Scientists |access-date=20 September 2023}}

|more general=

|eng1 number=1

|eng1 name=SNECMA M53-P2

|eng1 type=afterburning turbofan engine

|eng1 kn=64.3

|eng1 lbf=

|eng1 note=

|eng1 kn-ab=95.1

|max speed kmh=2336

|max speed note= / Mach 2.2 at high altitude

::::{{cvt|1110|km/h|mph kn}} at sea level

|max speed mach=

|cruise speed kmh=

|cruise speed note=

|stall speed kmh=

|stall speed note=

|never exceed speed kmh=

|never exceed speed note=

|range km=1550

|range note=

|combat range km=

|combat range note=

|ferry range km=3335

|ferry range note=with auxiliary fuel

|endurance=

|ceiling m=17060

|ceiling note=

|g limits=

|roll rate=

|climb rate ms=285

|climb rate note={{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

|time to altitude=

|wing loading kg/m2=337

|wing loading note=

|fuel consumption kg/km=

|thrust/weight=0.7

|more performance=

|guns=2× {{convert|30|mm|abbr=on}} DEFA 554 revolver cannon, 125 rounds per gun

|hardpoints=9 total (4 × under-wing, 5 × under-fuselage)

|hardpoint capacity={{convert|6300|kg|abbr=on}} external fuel and ordnance

|rockets=Matra 68 mm unguided rocket pods, 18 rockets per pod

|missiles=

• Air-to-air missiles:
• 6 × MBDA MICA IR/RF (Mirage 2000-5, Mirage 2000-9, Mirage 2000 I{{cite web |url= https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/the-mirage-2000-upgrade-what-makes-indias-fighter-jet-better-749715 |title=The Mirage 2000 Upgrade: What Makes India's Fighter Jet Better |date=26 March 2015 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=17 April 2024}})
• 2 × Matra R550 Magic-II and 2× Matra Super 530D (Mirage 2000 C, Mirage 2000 H)
• Air-to-surface missiles:
• 2 × AM.39 Exocet (Mirage 2000 EG, Mirage 2000-5 Mk2)
• 1 × SCALP EG (Mirage 2000 D, Mirage 2000-5){{cite web |url= https://www.avionslegendaires.net/2016/08/actu/raid-scalp-eg-mirage-2000d-rafale-de-larmee-de-lair/#/ |title=Raid SCALP-EG pour les Mirage 2000D et Rafale de l'Armée de l'Air |date= 22 August 2016 |work =Avions Légendaires |access-date= 22 August 2016}}{{cite web |url= https://www.haf.gr/arsenal/scalp-eg/ |title=SCALP-EG |publisher= Hellenic Air Force |access-date=14 April 2018}}
• Crystal Maze{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Angad |title= Indian Mirage Displayed with Popeye |url=https://www.keymilitary.com/article/indian-mirage-displayed-popeye |access-date=24 April 2024 |publisher= Key Military |date=6 April 2017}}
• Crystal Maze II{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Sushant |title=Mirage, Awacs, Sukhoi, Popeye: How IAF took down Jaish training camp |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/iaf-air-strike-mirage-awacs-sukhoi-popeye-jaish-training-camp-balakot-5602272/ |access-date=24 April 2024 |work =The Indian Express |date=27 February 2019}}

|bombs=

• Unguided:
• Mk.82
• Guided:
• PGM 500 and PGM 2000 modular guided bombs (Mirage 2000-9)
• 2 × AS-30L laser-guided missile (Mirage 2000 D)
• 2 × GBU-12 laser-guided bombs (Mirage 2000 D, Mirage 2000 C & Mirage 2000 N with external laser designation)
• 1 × GBU-16 laser-guided bomb (Mirage 2000 D, Mirage 2000 C & Mirage 2000 N with external laser designation)
• 1 × GBU-24 laser-guided bomb (Mirage 2000 D, Mirage 2000 C & Mirage 2000 N with external laser designation)
• 2 × GBU-49 laser-guided bombs (Mirage 2000 D)
• 1 × ASMP-A tactical nuclear cruise missile (Mirage 2000 N)
• 1 × Spice 2000 (Mirage 2000 N){{cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/crystal-maze-missiles-spice-2000-bombs-iaf-mirage-2000s-lethal-arsenal-that-destroyed-pakistani-terror-camps-2183715.html |title= Crystal Maze missiles, SPICE-2000 bombs: IAF Mirage 2000's lethal arsenal that destroyed Pakistani terror camps |work = Zee news |date= 2018-03-15 |access-date=2021-11-20}}

|avionics=*Thomson-CSF RDY (Radar Doppler Multi-target) radar (Mirage 2000-5, Mirage 2000 I)

}}

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|see also=

|related=

• Dassault Mirage 2000N/2000D
• Dassault Mirage 4000

Comparable aircraft

• General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
• Mikoyan MiG-29
• McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

|lists=

• List of fighter aircraft
• List of military aircraft of France

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• {{cite journal |title=The Indian Thunderbolts |journal=Vayu Aerospace and Defence Review|date=May–June 2015 |pages=41–49}}
• {{cite journal |last=Grolleau |first=Henri-Pierre |editor-last=Donald |editor-first=David |title = Dassault Mirage 2000: 'Deux-Mille' comes of age |journal=International Air Power Review |year=2003 |location=London |publisher=AIRtime Publishing |volume=9 |pages=38–75 |isbn=1-880588-56-0}}

• {{cite book |last1=Carbonel |first1=Jean-Christophe |title=French Secret Projects|date=2016 |publisher=Crecy Publishing |location=Manchester, UK |volume=1: Post War Fighters |isbn=978-1-91080-900-6}}
• {{cite book |editor-last= Eden |editor-first= Paul |year= 2006 |title=The Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft |location = London, England |publisher=Amber Books |orig-year= 2004 |isbn = 1-904687-84-9}}
• {{cite book |author1-link = Bill Gunston |last1= Gunston |first1= Bill |first2= Mike |last2= Spick |title = Modern Combat Aircraft |series = The Great Weapons Encyclopedia |publisher= Salamander |orig-year= 1983 |year= 1988 |pages= 44–45}}
• {{cite book |editor-last= Spick |editor-first= Mike |chapter= Dassault Mirage 2000 |title= Great Book of Modern Warplanes |location = Osceola, WI |publisher= MBI |year= 2000 |isbn= 0-7603-0893-4}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20081223131932/http://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/defense/mirage-2000/mirage-2000-familly.html?L=1 Official Mirage 2000 family website]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz1zRYImRZ4 Dassault Mirage 2000 explanatory video]

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