JAS 39 Gripen is growing up.... (1 Viewer)

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

Gripen Maritime | The future of naval air power | Saab
 
 
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?
 
Yes they did!
 
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.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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!
 
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! 😉

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