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Please consider to update the loadout of the Mirage-2000 of India with Spice-2000 bomb #81

Closed Huib18 closed 2 years ago

Huib18 commented 2 years ago

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3798 Mirage 2000H-5

Weapons Carried

3798 Mirage 2000H-5 of India is observed with a Spice-2000 bomb and also bombed Pakistan with it.

In Feb 2019, during the Balakot strike, 12 Mirage 2000 of the No.7 Squadron of the IAF based in Gwalior flew, each carrying a single 1000 kg SPICE-2000 bomb & bombed the camps across LOC.

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No

Default Combat Radius (nm)

No response

Weather Restrictions

All-Weather

Time-of-Day Restrictions

Day & Night

Capable of Quick Turnaround

Yes

Comments

Combat radius is unk, but maybe an estimation can be done compared to other loadouts?

Sources

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/iaf-strikes-mirage-2000-is-air-forces-go-to-fighter-for-tough-jobs-10-things-to-know-1999626 https://fighterjetsworld.com/air/indian-air-force-to-receive-israel-made-spice-2000-bombs-next-month/17559/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8SD0yCucjw https://www.quora.com/Can-the-Dassault-Mirage-2000-be-used-as-a-bomber

PygmalionOfCyprus commented 2 years ago

Do we have any images/description of the full loadout? I'm assuming centerline Spice, 2 tanks, and outboard A:A missiles (MICA IR?) but I'm just guessing.

tbrandon517 commented 2 years ago

How about this?

image

PygmalionOfCyprus commented 2 years ago

That'll do! Looks like I was basically right. Added 493.