but if you buy Gripen C/Ds then you need to get western weapons like the AMRAAM, Iris-T, AGM 65-Maverick and AIM-9. the ex-Soviet weapons won’t work on them. so you will need to get NATO pylons to get those Gripen C/Ds. the existing stockpile of Soviet weapons won’t work on the Gripen unless Romania pays for integration and that would be a lot more than purchasing NATO pylons..
the MiG-21 Lancer with the upgrade can still use whatever weapons it used before upgrade, so there was no need for NATO pylons- the same is true for other Eastern Euro nations that use MiG-29s modified to be NATO compatible.
I do not think any Soviet/Russian aircraft are an option for Romania at the moment. It is between the F 16 and Gripen. Gripen A/B (inspite of not having NATO pylons) operates western weapons like Amraam and Sidewinder. U don’t need ‘NATO’ pylons to operate these weapons with Gripen A/B. A limited upgrade would make them compatible with NATO operational standards (hell they could even do that with MIG 29).
I really do not see the point you are trying to make here
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