Ques : From which of the following country India has recently received two second-hand Fighter jets the Mirage 2000?
a) USA
b) Japan
c) France
d) Russia
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:-
- On 25 November 2021 Indian government announced that the Indian Air Force has acquired two second-hand combat jets the Mirage 2000.
- The two aircraft were flying with France Air Force, and arrived at the Gwalior airbase recently.
- It should be known that these mirage fighters are made by Dassault Aviation of France the same company which supplied Rafael fighter get to India recently.
- India demanded these extra two M -2000s to boost its already existing fleet at a time when there are growing tensions at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
- The aircraft will be upgraded to the latest standards under a programme that has been undertaken by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.
- These are the two Mirage 2000 trainer versions of aircraft from France.
- Mirage 2000 has nine points for carrying weapon system payloads, five on the fuselage and two on each wing.
- The single-seat version is also armed with two internally mounted, high-firing-rate 30mm guns.
- The aircraft comes in single-seater or two-seater versions.
- The Mirage 2000 supports air-to-air weapons. They include the MICA multitarget air-to-air intercept and combat missiles, and the Magic 2 combat missiles.
- Mirage 2000 aircraft form three squadrons and are a total of 50 aircraft at the Gwalior airbase. India currently has a fleet of 50 Mirages that are still in service.
- The IAF introduced the Mirage 2000H during the Kargil War.
- On 24 June, 1999, two of the aircraft struck and destroyed the command and control bunkers of Pakistan’s Northern Light Infantry.