IAF Nears Completion of Mirage 2000 Upgrade Program Despite Challenges

[Pink Panther]

Mirage 2000 undoubtedly one of the best fighter jet with IAF. Highly reliable and also with high uptime. Be it Operation Garland or Kargil war or Balkot strike , Mirage 2000 was always at the fore front. Very valuable asset indeed.

Yes legacy, any product has a expiry date.

 

[Ajath]

Yes legacy, any product has a expiry date.

Everything has a shelf life.

 

[Baiju Bhaskaran]

More like half a squadron.

We have spent almost 2.8 Billion Dollars i.e almost 24000 crore rupees for upgrading Mirage Aircraft's. The cost of Rafale aircraft was 670 crore rupees per aircraft which was in 2018, which will surely come down in second order. The 24000 crore rupees can cover 36 aircrafts i.e. two squadrons.

 

[Baiju Bhaskaran]

With the upgrade money we could have bought 2-3 Rafale’s.

I think you are talking about 2 squadrons.

 

[Pink Panther]

I think you are talking about 2 squadrons.

2 squadrons will cost $9-10Bln, we only spent $2.5Bln for Mirage upgrade.

 

[Baiju Bhaskaran]

2 squadrons will cost $9-10Bln, we only spent $2.5Bln for Mirage upgrade.

The cost of one Rafale in 2018 was 670 cores .So two squadrons of 36 aircraft will cost approximately 24000 cores which is slightly more than 2.5 Billion.

 

[Pink Panther]

The cost of one Rafale in 2018 was 670 cores .So two squadrons of 36 aircraft will cost approximately 24000 cores which is slightly more than 2.5 Billion.

may be Rafale F 0.5R or F1R not F3R and definitely not F4R.

 

[Baiju Bhaskaran]

may be Rafale F 0.5R or F1R not F3R and definitely not F4R.

I am talking about the Rafale version which was ordered in 2018 and now with IAF.

 

[Sentoki]

For context, the first Mirage2000-MK5 upgrade was completed in 2007. It took IAF 4 years to make a decision on upgrade and a further 13 years to do it. Fantastic. The upgrade is most likely already obsolete before it is even put to use....