Gripen NG beats SU-35 in a2a

Finally Gripen got it’s own “Joust”

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/06/03/327317/gripen-revives-war-of-words-over-norwegian-fighter-assessment.html

Saab’s simulations saw the MBDA Meteor- and Diehl BGT Defence IRIS-T missile-equipped Gripen NG defeat the Su-35 at a ratio of 1:6 to 1. “For JSF it’s the other way round,” says Nilsson.

Jacko, where are you? :diablo:

6 to 1 ratio against the new SU-35 with R77 and R73, sounds pretty good.

Of course any simulations should be taken with a few buckets of salt, but hey, if LM and Eurofighter can do sims then why not Saab?

I would not be surprised if they turn out to be not too far from the truth… Combination of less than 0.1 m2 RCS, excellent MMI, data fusion, AESA, IRST, excellent data link, topped with Meteor and IRIS-T seems a deadly combination.

Has anybody more detailed info on these simulations done by Saab?

Why bother with an expensive Typhoon when you get such good ratios with Gripen?

L