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Capabilities of PAF Dassault MIRAGE-III/V.

Should Pakistan upgrade its Mirages to South African Cheetah standard if not Beyond?

  • Yes

    Votes: 181 59.0%
  • No

    Votes: 126 41.0%

  • Total voters
    307
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Hi to all,

One think, that during Passage of time, Pakistan Air Force, now capable enough to upgrade any Aircraft as per its requirements to International Standards.

Specially RD in Mirage is really a remarkable achievement.
 
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No.7 Sqn "Bandits" in Exercise Bright Star'2009 in Egypt.
Egypt, German, Pakistan, Kuwait and the U.S air and ground forces participated in this exercise.
 
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How many ROSE upgraded Mirage operational right now in PAF ?
 
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its around 40.

if my memory serve me right
~30 (31 or 32) in ROSE I
~20 in ROSE II
14 in ROSE III
= ~ 64 ROSE

plz rectify if my quoted figures of Mirage ROSE jets are wrong ...
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An old post form this thread

PAF Mirage Total :-121(Mirage III) + 60(Mirage 5) = 181

Out of these 181 approxmately 67 AC's are RoSE
Program ROSE (Retrofit Of Strike Element)

Mirage IIIO ROSE I : 33
Mirage 5F ROSE II : 20
Mirage 5F ROSE III : 14

Mirage III : 88
Mirage 5 : 26

Note:- These numbers are till 2007, may be ROSE program installed on more AC's.
(Dont forget PAF also bought new sealed packed engines Mirage in 2005)
Source
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ROSE I Program
New Cockpit with HUD, HOTAS, MFD , GPS System,radar warning receiver (RWR), electronic countermeasures (ECM) suite ,decoy flares and chaff to confuse enemy missiles and radar, Advance Digital avionics package
In-flight refuelling (Air to Air Refuling)

Radar:- FIAR Grifo M3 radar, Italian fire-control radar, the FIAR (now SELEX Galileo) Grifo M3, gave Mirage III ROSE I fighters the ability to fire advanced beyond visual range (BVR) radar guided air-to-air missiles.
The radar has over 30 different operational air-to-air/air-to-surface mission and navigation modes.
Air to air modes include Single/Dual Target Track and Track While Scan.
Air to surface modes include Real Beam Map, Doppler Beam Sharpening, Sea Low/High, Ground Moving Target Indicator, Ground/Sea Moving Target Track. Other optional modes include Raid Assessment, Non Cooperative Target Identification, SAR (synthetic aperture radar) and Precision Velocity Update.
Scanning coverage +/-60 degrees in both azimuth and elevation

Avionics:- ROSE avionics upgrade integrated by Sagem
Unknown BVR Missile (May be Copy of SouthAfrican Missile)(Long range air-to-air missile).

AIM-9L Sidewinder (short range air-to-air missile).
RAAD ALCM (Air to Surface Cruise missile)
H2 (Air to Surface Missile)

ROSE II Program
Including all features of ROSE I.
SAGEM Forward-Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) system, mounted in a pod under the nose for night and at very low level operations to avoid radar.
SAGEM Circe 2001 mission planning system.
The cockpit is made compatible with night-vision goggles
Forward-looking infra-red (FLIR) thermal imaging sensor and laser range-finder.
An integrated electronic warfare suite.

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Rose III program
Including ROSE I features
Including ROSE II features
Improved night-time precision strike capability to the Mirage with the addition of a new SAGEM navigation/attack avionics suite
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PAF Mirage ROSE have only the oldframes that lessened manvers capability else technology wise its has all the things closer to 4th generation AC's
 
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To the best of my humble knowledge ...

Mirage-IIIEA ROSE-I Inducted=32 | Attrition~3 | Current~29
Mirage-IIDP ROSE-I Converted=3 | Attrition=0 | Current=3 (Two Seater)
Mirage-VEF ROSE-II Inducted=19 | Attrition=3 | Current=16
Mirage-VEF ROSE-III Inducted=14 | Attrition=1 | Current=13
Mirage-VDF ROSE-III Inducted=6 | Attrition=0 | Current=6 (Two Seater)

ROSE-Is --> Sqd#7 & CCS
ROSE-IIs --> Sqd#25
ROSE-IIIs--> Sqd#27
 
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