During exercise Cutlass Express off the coast of Djibouti, multiple Mirage 2000s of the Djibouti based French Air Force squadron "attacked" the Dutch Navy ship HNLMS Johan de Witt (L-801). Initially, the aircraft attacked a decoy that was towed several hundred metres behind the ship with live ammunition. Later during the exercise, the Mirage 2000s simulated high speed rockets, resulting in the jets passing the ship at very low level.