The primary mission is air defence with an air-to-ground capacity as secondary role. It can be armored with conventional laser-guided bombs, missiles and stand-off weapons. The mirage can detect multiple targets thanks to the Thales RDY 2 radar. Furthermore it has a fully digital fly-by-wire system, an internal ECM self-protection system, OBOGS and one Snecma M53 turbofan engine with afterburner.

The newest version, the Mirage 2000-5 for France and the Mirage 2000-9 for the UAE Air Force is equipped with the M53-P2 turbofan engine.

Cockpit
The French Mirages 2000 are having a glass cockpit (>90% electronics) which is equipped with 5 displays, including an innovating head-level concept and a head-up display.

Versions
Mirage 2000C en B: air defence version which came operational in 1984 with the French Air Force.
Mirage 2000D: Begin 90th years the Mirage 2000 D version was developed due to the increased conflicts in the world and the need for precision ammunition with conventional weapons.
Mirage 2000E: A improved version from the C version. The Mirage 2000 E can do air-to-surface mission systems like with TV or laser guided weapons or with Excot anti-ship and Armat anti-radiation missiles and with ELINT, recce capacities.
157 Mirage 2000 E aircrafts have been sold to 5 different countries. 157 Mirage 2000 E jets have been sold to 5 foreign countries.
Mirage 2000N: In 1986 the Mirage 2000 N version came operational to do nuclear missions.

Specifications