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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.
 
How many ROSE upgraded Mirage operational right now in PAF ?
 
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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