Dassault Mirage 2000N/2000D

The Dassault Mirage 2000N is a nuclear strike variant of the Mirage 2000, and the Mirage 2000D is its conventional attack counterpart. The 2000N replaced the Mirage IV in the French air-based strategic nuclear deterrent. Based on the Mirage 2000B two-seat trainer, it has a strengthened airframe for low-level flight, an Antilope 5 terrain-following radar and a weapon systems officer, and it carries one ASMP nuclear missile on the centreline. Prototype flight tests began on 3 February 1983 and about 75 were built, entering service in 1988. The Mirage 2000D, a development of the 2000N for long-range precision strikes, first flew as a converted prototype on 19 February 1991, entered service in April 1995, and 86 were built. Both use a single SNECMA M53-P2 afterburning turbofan.