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Alternatively they could have went with not 5 generation, but still extremely good Gripen. It's electronic warfare capabilities have reportedly surprised Nato
by eitland 2y ago
Alternatively they could have went with not 5 generation, but still extremely good Gripen.
It's electronic warfare capabilities have reportedly surprised Nato pilots in exercises before.
- __loam 2y agoGripen has an American engine and uses American licensed missiles.
- xdennis 2y agoPresumably you can't brick an engine. The F-35 can be.
- eitland 2y agoCan probably also use other missiles but I agree we need to get rid of all US dependencies and I guess a lot of effort is going on now to see what can be done to get rid of the American engine. Maybe a cooperation with French (Safran) or British (Rolls Royce) industry could remove their reliance on the Americans? (Not suggesting overnight but over the next 2 - 7 years.)
- __loam 2y agoSnecma Gripen would be pretty sick.
- justin66 2y agoThe best medium range missile usable from a Gripen is the Meteor, which is a European product. Of course the issue is that production isn’t high enough.
- __loam 2y agoGood point I forgot about the meteor.
- simonsarris 2y agoExtremely good is getting a bit over the top. The Gripen was designed in the 80's and it shows. It cannot really compare with something like the F-22 or 35 on anything substantial except cost. And if you're optimizing for cost, it becomes a question of how many pilots you're willing to lose to make it fulfill realistic roles.
- valdiorn 2y agoWhich jet will they prefer if they need to defend Greenland? A dated and affordable gripen, or an F35 that the Americans will just beam a kill -9 command to via a backdoor?