France…

I hope they go for the M2K. Would love to see pics of newer IAF Mirage 2000’s. I also hope they upgrade the existing fleet.

Don’t want to pick a side in the ever running India v Pakistan but I would also like to see brand new Mirage 2000-5 Mk.2s plus that could give them a chance to see some action… :rolleyes:

Hasnt the IAF recently aquired some more mirages from a middle eastern country and ten new ones from france???

Qatar’s Mirage 2000-5Es but those are not in Indian service.

Just a guess but if the IAF chose to upgrade its existing fleet of mirage 2000 and ordered 126 new ones, they would have a similar number of mirages as they are recieving flankers-within the next few years the IAF could be extremely powerfull, the PAF will be little more than a nuisance to such a force!!!

Well when you think of it they could end up with somewhere around 190 Mirage 2000s… bring them all up the same model and one has quite the fleet…

I wonder if the mods can merge this topic with the Mirage 2000 picture topic?

Just to clarify the only place the Matra rocket pods can be carried is on the inboard wing pylons and maximum loadout would be one on each pylon for two total?

Pretty much.

Can the GBU-12 be carried on the inboard wing pylons and the fuselage hardpoints as well?

Check pictures at bottom…

Are the outboard pylons not strong enough to carry anything but AAM’s and ECM pods?

Actually they can carry about 600lbs but the only thing they ever get used for is AAMs and ECM pods.

How can we identify 2000 from 2000-5 visually.. any idea ?

Well the easiest thing is to check the user… 😀

But the nose and/or tail are the easy ways to tell. Well the tail will actually only tell you the ECM suite so that might not be to helpful as French models don’t have the same two pointy things as ROCAF/QEAF models. As in the Taiwanese and Qatari Mirage 2000-5Es have the ICMS Mk.2 which can be seen from the tail. Basically the Mirage 2000-5s have no “pointy” nose “thing” like the Mirage 2000C/Es do.

Plus having MICAs gives it away… :p

Where are the Matra 155 (18×68-mm?) pods carried or where can they be carried?

Under the wings. Like 2 pods.

How many of the various types of laser-guided bombs can be carried and one which stations?

Basically…

1 BGL-1000 under the center with 2 wing drop tanks, 1 LDP, 3 MICA-EM and 2 MICA-IR. Or 2 BGL-1000 under the wings, 1 center drop tank, 1 LDP, 3 MICA-EM and 2 MICA-IR.

Pretty much the same for GBU-24 and GBU-16.

2 GBU-12/GBU-22 under the center, 2 wing drop tanks, 1 LDP, 3 MICA-EM and 2 MICA-IR.

For Mk.82s you could carry 4 in a rack on the center, plus 6 MICA-EM/IR and 2 wing drop tanks. Mk.82s can also be carried on the “shoulder” points but normally those would be used for the MICAs.

Flex has covered a lot of pictures…

Oh yeah Mirage 2000s, F-5E/Fs and AMXs… along with navy A-4s… what more could one want… :dev2:

Super 530 missiles are carried only on the inboard wing hardpoints

Last I checked the RDY/RDY-2 do not support the Super-530D.

What other types of stores are available?

GBU-22s, GBU-12s, GBU-24s, Paveway II, GBU-16 (should be coming soon on M2Ks). The AASM is an option for the future although ADA Mirage 2000Ds will not it seems employ them.

Underwing PGM family. PGM-1 is laser guided, PGM-2 is TV guided and PGM-3 is IR guided. “A” models are 500lb and “B” models are 2000lb so a PGM-1A is a laser guided 500lb weapon.

Magic missiles are carried only on the two outboard wing hardpoints.

UAE versions also carry the AIM-9L and it seems Indian models could use the Python Mk.4 one day.

From what I can gather, the -5 can carry fuel tanks on the centerline (345 U.S. gal. size) and the two inboard underwing hardpoints (450 U.S. gal. size).

Under wing are 440 gal or 374 gal and the center is 286 gal.

Rocket pods? (I’m not sure if any types can be carried….)

MATRA-155.

ATLIS and/or Damocles targeting pods are carried on either of the forward to fuselage hardpoints.

InAF Mirage 2000s use the LITENING II LDP.

What is this Algeria and Morocco?

A land based carrier?

I’ll take 3 billion and run. I’m sure my past 2 billion investments have begun to pay out and it is time to hijack a 707 and get out of dodge…

I can’t believe people are agruing with star49 I mean SD-10/Hi-177/Yahoo and whatever he keeps changing his name to after he is made to look silly and has to change his name…

For what it is worth I will bet on an R-77E armed MiG-21UPG over an AIM-9L/R-550 Mk.2 armed J-7PG…