IAF Mirage 2000 is aFrench-built multi-role fighter manufactured byDassault Aviation. Its first role is to be an interceptor, yet it retains a ground-attack capability. Using only the basic concept of the delta interceptor previously seen on the classicMirage III, Dassault built a totally new design. The Mirage 2000 has a maximum speed ofMach 2.2. In2005, the IAF expressed its desire to purchase about 200 Mirage 2000-5 aircraft.

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