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What's wrong with buying the Saab Gripen instead? Wouldn't Canada have really similar design requirements as Sweden?

• bjelkeman-again 13y ago
  Politics generally block these type of deals. I bet Finland also have similar requirements, but they went and purchased F-18 instead than whatever SAAB had to offer.
  • kalleboo 13y ago
    And it was a huge snub to Sweden when Norway went with the F-35 for clearly political reasons (later confirmed by Wikileaks cables). There's probably a lot of Schadenfreude going around now…
• yxhuvud 13y ago
  Partly, assuming Canada wants to use them mainly for protecting their own airspace. However, I'm not certain the Gripen have enough range - at least not until Gripen NG comes around. That may change that equation.
  • jeltz 13y ago
    The NG will have longer range than the F-35 so I think Gripen would be an excellent choice for Canada.