why is there so important to debate F-22 and F-35 on a Gripen/SU Thread?

Interesting. Very interesting.

With the UK budget in the brown stuff, what price Gripens on the new carriers instead of $150million+ JSFs?

There is a hole thread on that subject…
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=97268

not deceided yet…
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D9EB755G1

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If Sweden was one to make decision, they would certainly sell Jas-39, but they are not calling the shots. Well when you read the facts, democratic pro western government, future EU member, part of numerous NATO programs, Tiger meet this year, Serbia at least on paper validates as buyer of western equipment. I follow news from international military exercises and shows, I don’t remember seeing RuAF in Serbia of RuAF collaborating with Serbian AF, on contrary different NATO AirForces including USAF made friendly visits to Serbia’s ABs. But politics of that region and US politics goes much deeper…

Serbia is indeed a democratic republic with EU ambitions, but region is not still totaly free from conflicts. An thats whats bothering a swedish sell of weapons. Erieye would not be a problem, but a weaponplatform is.
I dont say sweden call the shots but the have in a possible sell.

it’s another story… and it’s obviously peanuts compared to what the US taxpayer would have spared/gained through a real competition… in such a big deal as the KC-X market

anyway, each year, airbus takes a little more market shares from boeing… the USA could have had a bigger part of that through A330 assembly line on US soil, instead of what, they’ll just keep a line that was supposed to close for lack of orders with lesser production of an older airframe

Soon Asia and russia will take market share from them both. 🙁

And already a controversy over the Gripen D being sent to India instead of the Gripen NG demo aircraft..Although I think that this is may not be grounds for dis-qualification as the MiG Corp only sent the MiG-29M2 converted into MiG-35 and not the final MiG-35 prototype.

To bad, but hopefully still in the game.. but with a glitch
if the avionics is under evaluation this will be a problem, if only flight envelope, not that big difference. Engine and avionics hopefully can be evaluated on site.

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Please, just a joke. couldnt bare my self when people talking about tejas as an elephant. I love the little thing. I have a thing for small fighters in general.
Gripen, f-5, tejas, EAP…etc.

Main guidelines according my view:

– Modernize around half of the current fleet of Su-27 to the SM and SM2 standard with a 4:1 mix.
– Modernize half of the current fleet of MiG-29 to the SMT standard.
– Store the rest of Fulcrum and Flankers to spare and/or to trade with Russia.
– Modernize all Su-25 up to the most modern Russian standard.
– Phase-out all Su-24.
– Retire old freighters and modernize the newest ones.

Unfortunately there is no much material to exchange with Russia for the benefit of Ukrainian Air Force.

Do you really want to keep and refurbish those old workhorses? exept SU-27 all other are not cheap or worthwhile to upgrade. And russia is probably not the most popular neighbour these days ither. I think the bulgarian way, multirole single engine, Gripens or F-16 will fit the bill and preformance best, maybe upgrade those SU-27 also.