Dassault Mirage 2000 is one of the IAF's most versatile and deadliest fighter jet, deployed during the surgical strike in 2019 and Kargil war in 1999
The Mirage 2000 can carry laser guided bombs, air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles and has a Thomson-CSF RDY radar
The Mirage 2000 has been deployed in multiple operations to carry out Surgical Strikes thanks to its load-carrying capacity, precision, Laser Guided Bombs and latest technology updates
The Mirage-2000 is called – Vajra – meaning lightening thunderbolt in Sanskrit and India has 50 of these jets
The Mirage 2000 has a speed of Mach 2.2 (2336 kmph) and can travel 1550 km with drop tanks. The flight height is capped at 59000 ft (17km).