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As an advocate for more Mirage variants, I would hope HM have this one on their plate for consideration. It would be highly complimentary to their IAF Skyhawk as well!

IAF Nesher (Eagle) History

To avoid any vital interruption of warplane deliveries as a result of shifting international sympathies, Israel decided in the mid-1960's to produce an indigenous multi-role fighter derived from the Dassault Mirage III but powered by the GE J79 turbojet. As an interim step, Israel produced the Nesher (Eagle) as an unlicensed copy of the Mirage IIICJ using stocks of the Atar 9 turbojet already in Israel.
The Nesher is similar to the Mirage IIIC in all respects but its use of the Shafrir short-range AAMs in place of the French type's Magic AAMs, and first flew in 1971. Some 40 Neshers had entered service by the time of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and achieved a 50% combat success rate with the Shafrir. With the arrival of the Kfir, Nesher production was halted after about 60 aircraft, and 26 surplus aircraft were sold to Argentina in 1978 with the designation Dagger. These performed indifferently in the 1982 Falklands War, and was mainly used as top cover for the dedicated attack aircraft such as the A-4 Skyhawk.