The Swedes have always produced great fighter jets so I expect this to keep the tradition alive. I'm glad they aren't partnering with other countries since that's usually a political and ego infused effort that will see delays due to disagreements and the final product will be very late and a compromised design. Plus, why does partnering matter? They're a member of NATO, that's all that matters.
The Swedes have develloped many really succesfull and capable aircraft on their own. Yes it is expensive but they still pulled it off. Many European and thus multinational projects have faltered. Cooperation between several nations can be succefull, but an also prove costly and very time consuming. And I guess the Swedes have established that they better go it alone. Thus being able to run the project by themselves. And the Gripen has proven to be a really succesfull airplane. Not taking away from other European nations that do produce great aircraft too. Let them do their thing and see what they come up with.
You are talking about the successor to the SAAB JAS-39 GRIPEN. I, on the other hand, come from a good family and have seen a few things as Russian spies during the Cold War. In the middle of the 1970s in Sweden, I got an aviation magazine where I saw brand new aircraft, such as the F-14, F-15 and F-16. The year before saved a barn swallow, that doesn't say much, Russian relatives also had the same crank. One day I got to thinking about the swallow and the flying magazine, so I got an idea, a kobenaton of F-14, F-16 and the swallow. So I started sketching down my ideas of what this aircraft would look like, then it was no more, because 10 years later when the Norwegian Air Force was out flying in northern Norway. Then my aircraft appeared named SU-27. And this airplane is one of the best airplanes in the world, and to top it all off, it's my airplane. If I were to design an aircraft for the Swedish Air Force, the saab jas-39 GRIPEN would be borrowed from it in terms of performance, I mean everything. TK
A gripen but better!!!!
The Swedes have always produced great fighter jets so I expect this to keep the tradition alive. I'm glad they aren't partnering with other countries since that's usually a political and ego infused effort that will see delays due to disagreements and the final product will be very late and a compromised design. Plus, why does partnering matter? They're a member of NATO, that's all that matters.
Swedens independent research wont weaken Europes defense, Sweden is part of NATO and diversity makes strength !
It,s develope this together vith UK, not alone!
The Swedes have develloped many really succesfull and capable aircraft on their own. Yes it is expensive but they still pulled it off. Many European and thus multinational projects have faltered. Cooperation between several nations can be succefull, but an also prove costly and very time consuming. And I guess the Swedes have established that they better go it alone. Thus being able to run the project by themselves. And the Gripen has proven to be a really succesfull airplane. Not taking away from other European nations that do produce great aircraft too. Let them do their thing and see what they come up with.
You are talking about the successor to the SAAB JAS-39 GRIPEN. I, on the other hand, come from a good family and have seen a few things as Russian spies during the Cold War. In the middle of the 1970s in Sweden, I got an aviation magazine where I saw brand new aircraft, such as the F-14, F-15 and F-16. The year before saved a barn swallow, that doesn't say much, Russian relatives also had the same crank. One day I got to thinking about the swallow and the flying magazine, so I got an idea, a kobenaton of F-14, F-16 and the swallow. So I started sketching down my ideas of what this aircraft would look like, then it was no more, because 10 years later when the Norwegian Air Force was out flying in northern Norway. Then my aircraft appeared named SU-27. And this airplane is one of the best airplanes in the world, and to top it all off, it's my airplane. If I were to design an aircraft for the Swedish Air Force, the saab jas-39 GRIPEN would be borrowed from it in terms of performance, I mean everything. TK
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