If you found yourself in a F-35 B/C getting into a knife fight is last thing you want as both do not have a gun fitted. when will this mistake stop being made history has proved time and time again the need for a gun its the last line and whilst a aircraft has rounds its still able to fight
Not fitting a gun to the B/C models will need sorting out at some point it always does and once again it will be a bolt on job but this time it will hurt the stealth side of the type as will all this hanging off it
At this time Brasil operates 12 F-2000 Mirages 60 AMX and 57 F-5E/F it plans to gradually withdraw the F-5s from 2017 to 2030 and 43 of AMX air frames will be upgraded from 2013 and will be retired in 2032 and the Mirage 2000 maintenance contract runs out in 2013. Add to this the Navy’s 12 A-4s which are also being upgraded and will also be withdrawn in 2025 .If Brasil was to buy 30 SH or Rafale M to enter service in 2015 allowing the new type to operate from the carrier this will also allow time to see how the price of F-35 & T-50 goes in 2020-2025
Lets not for get that Brasil want to operate a carrier as well so logic should see SH or Rafale come out on top but and it is a big but if sea Gripen gits off the ground it might just sneak in and if Denmark and the Netherlands were to go Gripen it could see the price come down a bit more but its not tested
I feel that SAAB should look in to adding Brimstone to the E/F and maybe the C+ I feel this would give the type a very good ground support capability if configured with two 500 pound Paveway on the outer pylons two 450 gal drop tanks on the in bored and six brimstone on the centre line plus AIM-9s on the tips. Add to this that the E/F will carry AIM-120 and or Meteor and I think it can carry storm shadow this would make Gripen compatible with Typhoon and Rafale
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