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Dassault Mirage 2000
Vajra
The precision striker that hit Balakot.
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Overview
About the 2000
A single-engine delta-wing fighter renowned for its agility and precision strike ability. Upgraded to Mirage 2000-5 Mk2 standard with new avionics, radar, and Mica missiles.
History
Service history
Inducted in 1985 as the 'Vajra'. Played a decisive role in Kargil (1999) using laser-guided bombs at high altitude, and again in the 2019 Balakot airstrike deep inside Pakistani territory.
Armament
Weapons loadout
- MICA IR / RF BVRAAM
- Magic II short-range AAM
- Laser-guided bombs (Kargil, Balakot)
- SPICE 2000 precision bomb
- Two 30mm DEFA 554 cannons
Highlights
Combat edge
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Proven in Kargil high-altitude bombing
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Executed Balakot precision strike, 2019
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Upgraded to Mk2 standard with Thales RDY-2
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Delta-wing agility with low wing loading
Service record
Operations
Named operations this catalogue records Dassault Mirage 2000 as having taken part in.
- 7–10 May 2025CombatOperation SindoorPrecision strikes on nine sites, and the first combat use of India's own air-defence network.
- 26 February 2019CombatOperation BandarThe first Indian airstrike beyond Kashmir into Pakistan proper since 1971.
- December 2001 – October 2002CombatOperation ParakramThe largest mobilisation since 1971 — and a war that never came.
- May – July 1999CombatOperation Vijay (1999)Retaking ridgelines above 16,000 feet, in the highest-altitude war ever fought.
- 26 May – 26 July 1999CombatOperation Safed SagarThe air component of Kargil, flown where aircraft barely fly.
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