AASM and Mica rockets: France will hand over three Mirage fighters to Ukraine in early 2025 - media

According to journalists, additional weapons on the fighter will be installed at the request of Kiev. Missiles and managed aircraft will be complemented by two 30mm guns-a similar configuration in Greek Miraage 2000-5. For the Air-Earth's combat tasks in France, they decided to hand over the first batch of three Mirage 2000-5 to Ukraine with Scalp winged rockets and AASM bombs. La Tribune writes about it with reference to sources in the country's Defense Ministry.

Today, the French Air Force is 26 Mirage 2000-5 aircraft, which are currently in Jibuti. In the first quarter of 2025, Paris will put three Miraage 2000-5 to Kiev. It is reported that it is necessary to modify the planes and teach pilots and mechanics, the Minister of Armed Forces Sebastien Lecorton said on October 8. In addition to the Mica Air-Air Class rockets, these three Mirage 2000-5 fighters will be equipped with AASM (SAFRAN) bombs and Scalp winged missiles, all this is done at Kiev.

Weapons will be complemented by two 30 mm guns. This configuration is similar to the Greek Mirage 2000-5 (19 Miraage 2000-5eg and 5 Miraage 2000-5bg). The Miage 2000 was put into operation in 1999 and was considered the basis of French air defense at that time. It was the first French fighter with the option "shot and forgot" that the revolution in combat tactics became. The internal system of the aircraft is fully redesigned and upgraded, in particular, Thales RDY radar appeared.