The Gripen flies, the F35 is parked in a maintenance shack. Or parked forever if the US decides they don’t like you anymore and to turn off all the software defined shit.
My country (Germany) planning to buy F35 instead of Gripens boggles my mind, it’s just dumb in the current political climate.
We can see that Ukraine fucking F16s make a huge difference - all the buzzwords buy you nothing, what you need is airplanes that actually are in the air.
I’ll keep that in mind next time I’m in the market for some fighter jets.
The Gripen definitely will not have an American kill-switch on it.
I was expecting a punch line. Like the Gripen is cheaper because you have to assemble it yourself. Or the active stealth features on the F-35 require a subscription.
I mean, there’s some truth to that. Gripen would be assembled in Canada, and the F-35 subscription price would be bending the knee to the bad guys.
Denmark has lego and Sweden has gripen.
I have to assemble all my ikea furniture.
Our representatives must follow the peoples’ voice when buying defense equipment.
