JAS 39 Gripen is growing up....

[Lucky13]

I wonder how they're getting on with this one....

Gripen Maritime | The future of naval air power | Saab

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Admiral Beez]

I wonder how they're getting on with this one....

Gripen Maritime | The future of naval air power | Saab

If Canada doesn't buy the F-35, the Grippen a contender?

 

[Lucky13]

Saab's New Fighter Radar in the Air

 

[Lucky13]

Watch A JAS-39 Gripen Fighter Fire A New Ground Attack Version Of The Sidewinder Missile

 

[XBe02Drvr]

The ole 'Winder just keeps on keepin' on! Which member of the class of '54 will be "last man standing", the 'Winder or the BUFF?

 

[Lucky13]

Did India Miss A Trick By Rejecting 'Stealth Killer' Saab Gripen For Rafale & Sukhoi Jets?

 

[vikingBerserker]

Yes they did!

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Yes they did!

At first glance, Gripen seems to have a testosterone deficiency. A 17th century fencing sabre instead of a samurai sword. Either one will kill you just as dead. While the samurai takes his roundhouse swing, your sabre pokes right up under his sternum.

 

[Lucky13]

See how well they do, when things get hot....again, between India and China!

 

[SaparotRob]

Did India Miss A Trick By Rejecting 'Stealth Killer' Saab Gripen For Rafale & Sukhoi Jets?

I enjoyed the link but I'm curious about the article saying Sukhoi jets achieved a legendary status in out-maneuvering U.S. jets. Is this true? Is it sensationalism? Somewhere in between?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I enjoyed the link but I'm curious about the article saying Sukhoi jets achieved a legendary status in out-maneuvering U.S. jets. Is this true? Is it sensationalism? Somewhere in between?

Unproven sensationalism. Because they do the "cobra." Every time these armchairs hype Russian designs, they usually wind up as smoking holes or sitting idle in a dessert picked apart and covered with graffiti.

 

[SaparotRob]

Thanks.
I have to say, sitting in a desert covered with graffiti seems like a strange tactic to me. Are NATO tactics evolving to counter this threat?

 

[Lucky13]

....and the SAAB 35 Draken did the "Cobra" decades ago!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

....and the SAAB 35 Draken did the "Cobra" decades ago!

Yep! But thank god it was never attempted by one in combat! Then again I think the Draken drivers were smarter than that!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Thanks.
I have to say, sitting in a desert covered with graffiti seems like a strange tactic to me. Are NATO tactics evolving to counter this threat?

Yea - contracting scrap metal collectors!

 

[Lucky13]

Yep! But thank god it was never attempted by one in combat! Then again I think the Draken drivers were smarter than that!

Well, some of them were!

 

[Dimlee]

Do not want to be in that kayak... Damned Vikings.

 

[Lucky13]

See how long it'll be, before we have missiles kicking about that'll see all them there stealth fighters and bombers....

 

[Lucky13]

The JAS 39 Gripen E/F is preferred by the Thai Air Force over the F-16V.

The order for a dozen JAS 39 Gripen E/F by the Thai Air Force today appears as probable as it is imminent. In fact, at the end

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