Taiwan Mirage affair
The Taiwan Mirage affair involved an arms deal signed in 1992, in which Dassault Aviation, missile manufacturer Matra, Thomson-CSF and Snecma (later Safran Aircraft Engines) would supply 60 Mirage 2000 fighter jets armed with MICA missiles to the Republic of [China Air Force] in Taiwan.
Inquiry in France
French judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke started investigating the affair in 2000 along with another inquiry about the Taiwan frigate scandal.In September 2004, Serge Dassault put pressure on the editors of the newspaper Le Figaro, which he owns through Socpresse, not to publish an interview with, the main arms dealer involved. The interview was eventually published in the newsmagazine Le Point in September 2004.