French Defense Ministry shows footage of Ukrainian pilots training on Mirage-2000 fighters

The French Ministry of Defense has published video footage showing the process of training Ukrainian pilots to fly Mirage 2000-5F multi-role fighters, the first batch of six of which was recently transferred to Kyiv.

The Mirage 2000-5F modification aircraft are a modernized version of the Mirage-2000 fighters. These machines can be equipped with rockets The R.550 Magic air-to-air missile has a range of up to 20 km, the MICA air-to-air missile has a range of up to 80 km, the Exocet anti-ship missile has a range of up to 200 km, the SCALP-EG cruise missile (French name for the Storm Shadow missile) has a range of up to 560 km, and various types of bombs, including laser-guided or GPS-guided ones. The Mirage 2000-5F has a modern "glass cockpit" instead of the pointer instruments found on earlier versions of the fighter.

As noted by representatives of the Russian state corporation Rostec, the Mirage 2000 is an obsolete aircraft, which in its flight and technical characteristics is significantly inferior to modern aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces. If the Ukrainian Armed Forces try to use French fighters for air battles or bombing strikes near the LBS, they will most likely be promptly shot down.

Most likely, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will use Mirage-2000 fighters transferred by France to launch long-range SCALP-EG missiles.

Comments

[tralflot1832]

Do Mirage 2000 pilots know the language?

[Nexcom]

Oh, come on, Andrey. All the boys have an excellent knowledge of French.
Parisian dialect.

[Orange Bigg]

I'm afraid that these pilots are in for an unpleasant surprise. The military publication Bulgarian Military has found out the details of a unique air battle in the skies over Ukraine. The Ukrainian Su-27 fighter was shot down by a Russian Su-30SM using a long-range R-37M missile.

. The aircraft's sensors worked in coordination with the wider Russian air defence network, which likely provided the Su-30 pilot with data on the Ukrainian target. ... After launch, the missile entered the initial phase of acceleration, quickly accelerating to hypersonic speeds. As it headed towards the Ukrainian Su-27, the missile received real-time trajectory data from the Su-30SM and made adjustments. Moments before impact, the R-37M's onboard radar activated, autonomously detecting the target and making final adjustments to ensure a direct hit. Ukrainian Captain Bolotov likely simply did not have time to react. The R-37M's enormous speed, which can exceed Mach 6, dramatically reduced the time for evasive manoeuvres. The missile covered the distance of 130 km to the Ukrainian target in less than a minute.

https://svpressa.ru/war21/article/450078/

[Andrei Nikolaevich]

Yeah. Paryzhsko-zhmErynsky...

[Bazyl LIVE]

It won't be as fun if they attach an MDBA Meteor to these Mirages.

[silverwolf88]

Firstly, it doesn't change anything anymore... well, the bonuses for the Mirages will come... and secondly, it's more like training pilots for their own needs and for the foreign legion))) why waste time and money on Sumerianism

[drags33]

Since they are focusing on training Ukrainian pilots, it means that there will definitely be French people sitting in the cockpits...

[Reserve officer]

All this can only be viewed calmly through a sight.

[Lemon]

And not even one of them left? So it wasn't the forelocked ones who were the students!))

[Nexcom]

Well, what about hijacking a plane, making an emergency landing somewhere and leaving...
Although it's probably a bad plan - the guy will be shot down right away...

[Alexander 3]

The Japanese had kamikazes, Ukrainians Komikokaze or Khokhlokidans.

[km-21]

I understand the desire of many couch-sitting commentators to throw hats at the enemy. But I urge you to realize the simple idea that even not the most modern enemy aircraft do not promise anything good for many of our fighters (as well as their families and friends).

[ev.spb]

These supplies will not make any significant changes to the overall picture of the SVO and everyone knows this, including sponsors and direct suppliers. Another round of tension + "report on the work done" on supporting Ukraine.

[yo yo]

It is dangerous for people from the blue-yellow country to be trusted with running a bathhouse, let alone flying Mirage-2000 fighters.