![]() ![]() Dassault built an estimated 580 Mirage-2000s over a course of 30 years before replacing it with the Rafale MMC jets. Then in 2011 a contract was signed to upgrade the existing Mirage-2000 jets to Mirage 2000-5 Mk, increasing the life of the jets that are now ready to serve till 2030. Seeing the success of the jets, the government placed an additional order of 10 Mirage-2000 planes in 2004, taking the total tally to 50 jets. The Mirage-2000 played a decisive role in the 1999 war of Kargil and turned it in India’s favour. India had placed an initial order of 36 single-seater Mirage-2000 and 4 twin-seater Mirage 2000 in 1982 as an answer to Pakistan buying US-made F-16 fighter jets by Lockheed Martin. It was developed by Dassault Aviation and took its first flight in 1978 and was inducted in the French Air Force in 1984. Soon after inducting the Mirage, IAF gave it the name – Vajra – meaning lightening thunderbolt in Sanskrit. ![]() The Mirage-2000 is undoubtedly one of the Indian Air Force's (IAF) most versatile and deadliest aircraft and it was first commissioned in 1985. ![]()
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