JAS-39. Pride of Sweden.

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Saab JAS 39 Gripen - Wikipedia

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[fallstuff]

Gripen is a pretty looking bird.

 

[Metal 0-1]

Well that's according to SAAB bit according to Swedish Air Force it's not worth it and they are planning to get F/A-18 E/Fs

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Well that's according to SAAB bit according to Swedish Air Force it's not worth it and they are planning to get F/A-18 E/Fs

Not anytime soon because covid. Sweden's economy is in tatters.

 

[Metal 0-1]

Not anytime soon because covid. Sweden's economy is in tatters.

SAAB desperately needs sales too. Sweden won't buy it anymore unless they were under sanctions.

 

[Ali_Baba]

Well that's according to SAAB bit according to Swedish Air Force it's not worth it and they are planning to get F/A-18 E/Fs

Source????

 

[waz]

Saab JAS 39 Gripen - Wikipedia

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The pride of Sweden with a US engine.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

The pride of Sweden with a US engine.

Not many countries can make fighter jet engine. Only Germany, Britain, France, China, Russia, the US can. Heck, not even Japan, South Korea, Sweden, India can.

 

[Ali_Baba]

Not many countries can make fighter jet engine. Only Germany, Britain, France, China, Russia, the US can. Heck, not even Japan, South Korea, Sweden, India can.

Japan can, and will. Be under no illusion about that.

IHI Corporation XF9 - Wikipedia

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[aman_rai0007]

The pride of Sweden with a US engine.

Isint jf17 paks pride???

 

[waz]

Isint jf17 paks pride???

Erm do you realise Sweden is first world and technologically advanced, hence the note on the engine.

 

[Falcon26]

Erm do you realise Sweden is first world and technologically advanced, hence the note on the engine.

Sweden has a long and proud history of manufacturing jet engines. Volvo engines are world renowned. The technical know how is there, if Sweden wanted an indigenous engine to power the Gripen, it would have done so effortlessly.

Small European countries like Sweden dont face much external threats, so cost saving imperatives override the need to indigenize everything.

 

[waz]

Sweden has a long and proud history of manufacturing jet engines. Volvo engines are world renowned. The technical know how is there, if Sweden wanted an indigenous engine to power the Gripen, it would have done so effortlessly.

They have since when? They have all been collaborations with other countries. There is no indigenous jet engine by them.
Their predecessor to the Grippen was powered by the British Rolls Royce RA.3/Mk.109.
The rest is understandable i.e. they don't see the need.

 

[aman_rai0007]

Erm do you realise Sweden is first world and technologically advanced, hence the note on the engine.

Oh... then a first world country should have a different set of pride than a third world country???

 

[waz]

Oh... then a first world country should have a different set of pride than a third world country???

Nope , they should however be at a better level of technological progress, get it?