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Gripen has an American engine and uses American licensed missiles.
by __loam 2y ago
Gripen 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.