A fly-by-wire delta-wing fighter developed as a new Dassault family for air defense and later multirole missions.
Development
Dassault Mirage 2000 was developed by Dassault Aviation in France as a multirole fighter. The family first flew in 1978 and entered service in 1984. Its recorded airframe configuration is fixed wing, with the family classified in the archive as core combat-aircraft scope.
Operational History
Operationally, Dassault Mirage 2000 is represented primarily in the multirole fighter role. The sourced variant records include service with Armée de l’Air and United Arab Emirates Air Force. The current structured record does not attach a specific conflict authority to this family; operational context remains limited to sourced service and role data. Role tags attached to the family include air superiority and all weather.
Variants and Lineage
Major variants represented in the structured record include Mirage 2000C, Mirage 2000B, Mirage 2000N, Mirage 2000D development, Mirage 2000-5 development, and Mirage 2000D, with additional variants retained in the family record.
Variants
| Designation | Type | Role | Recorded operators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirage 2000-5 development | Prototype | Multirole Fighter | Armée de l’Air |
| Mirage 2000-5F | Upgrade | Multirole Fighter | Armée de l’Air |
| Mirage 2000-9 | Upgrade | Multirole Fighter | United Arab Emirates Air Force |
| Mirage 2000B | Production | Multirole Fighter | Armée de l’Air |
| Mirage 2000C | Production | Multirole Fighter | Armée de l’Air |
| Mirage 2000D | Production | Strike Fighter | Armée de l’Air |
| Mirage 2000D development | Prototype | Strike Fighter | Armée de l’Air |
| Mirage 2000N | Production | Strike Fighter | Armée de l’Air |
Representative specifications
Configuration-specific profiles are shown separately so values from different variants are not blended into one false “standard” aircraft.
Mirage 2000C — C016 baseline technical profile
- Crew
- 1
Powerplant: 1 × SNECMA M53 turbofan
Armament: Twin cannon with radar/infrared air-to-air missiles and multirole external stores by variant.
Sources and further reading
Structured references supporting this aircraft family, variants, specifications, and narrative sections.
- Mirage 2000: the history of a success — Dassault Aviation · Tier 2
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1986-87 — Jane’s Yearbooks · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988-89 — Jane’s Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1991-92 — Jane’s Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1995-96 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1997-98 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-04 — Jane's Information Group · Tier 3