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"Radarless"

In the Variants section the first model, the Mirage 5, the model that gives its name to the entire article and the whole family of fighters, is listed as "radarless". Yet it doesn't say anything in the article about the radar being removed to create the Mirage 5. It says "avionics were removed to create room for additional fuel tanks" and that it has a longer, more pointed nose cone. That works seem like a pretty major alteration and worth mentioning in the text if it's true.

If it was just just a few of the minor sub variants that had the radar deleted it would be one thing, but the main character itself is declared a day fighter. And even the Kfir has a ranging radar. Idumea47b (talk) 17:59, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found a source that directly states that it was the radar that was deleted and not just unspecified avionics. Jackson states that later variants of the Mirage V were built with radar and notes that the 'Mirage V' designation became meaningless. The 'early development' header could be changed to something like 'concept' as my addition could be anachronistic. My understanding is that it was intended to be a cheap, easily maintainable, fair-weather combat aircraft but it became something else later. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 15:21, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]