Hi everyone, I’m working on a bug report to finally get the correct air-to-air modes for the Antilope 5 on the Mirage 2000D R1 and RMV. Does anyone happen to have this book: “L’Armée de l’air, des avion et des hommes” (The Air Force, Planes and Men) published in 1992 by the Air Force Information and Public Relations Service?
I came across a quote from this book on an obscure forum from the early 2000s that advertises capabilities similar to those found in secondary sources, which would allow for a valid bug report.
Yes, the D RMV can carry it (not sure about the D R1, the plane can carry the Apache missile but no information for the SCALP)
The French 2000-5F is probably not supposed to carry it either (to my knowledge because it is not supposed to carry air-to-ground weapons at all) but the 2000-5F and 2000-5 Mk2 used by the Greeks has the capacity to equip it, so Gaijin would still add it to the 5F
Thanks for the source, actually I had already seen that Gallica was offering the book however it is only 15% digitized, I will probably have to buy it online.
The Mirage F1CT can drop guided weapons but cannot guide them itself; it must be accompanied by a designator aircraft (Mirage 2000D, Rafale, etc.) or have laser illumination provided by a ground operator.
Some variants used by other countries have been improved to enable this (notably the Moroccan MF 2000, which can designate and fire munitions).
Otherwise the bomb that you describe as a JDAM in this image is in reality a Mk82 with a different nose, it is missing certain elements which would suggest that it is a JDAM.
Personally I hope it will be put in the research tree, this improvement is too important to put it behind the barrier of premiums or squadron vehicles. Other Mirage F1 variants have received laser designation capabilities and could do the job as premium, I am thinking in particular of the Iranian Mirage F1 which has also received the ability to fire the Exocet
