But, today it was an act demanded by the leadership and we executed it with precision. “Air power has the escalating tendency and so we were a bit cautious all the time. He said IAF was always ready with such kind of a mission in the last two decades. Today, the leadership demanded such kind of an action and the boys did it,” an Air Marshal told Onmanorama. In the case of Mirages, it can carry heavy weapon loads up to around 14,000lbs, which is phenomenal in a combat scenario. “The IAF was always prepared for a surgical strike with the right kind of aircraft, right kind of equipment and right air crew. Mirage-2000, called as Vajra (Lightening) in the IAF, is also capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Im using ADA mod v2 and Mirage 2000-5 and his cockpit is so cool, but Dassault Rafale has got more capabilities, but it has got also Su-27 cockpit and it.
“The Mirages will continue to fly for the next 20-25 years and the current upgradation package when completed make them a completely different fighter,” says a pilot with over 1000 hours of experience on the fighter. Cockpit: Glass cockpit with Night Vision Goggle (NVG)-compatible cockpit lightning.Īn upgraded Mirage-2000-5 had crashed during its Customer Acceptance Flight on February 1 this year, killing both pilots at HAL airport, for which a Court of Inquiry is on.
