Silly video. Funny to see people so upset about Gripen VS Su-35 though. It is a commercial video after all. 😉

Regarding Gripen vs Su-35, I remember a few years back when SAAB did simulations where Gripen dominated Su-35 BVR. The main factor in those simulations were Meteor’s performance over R-77. With a Russian BVRAAM in the Meteor class the scores would have been different. (Or maybe not — manufactors have creative ways to tilt simulations to their advantage.)

What a cheesy video. Nonetheless interesting to see what will be announced in January.

Thanks! Looks awesome, hope those ‘coffins’ materialize.

this debate about danmark, dont forget that greenland and Faroe islands are danish and will need at some extent an AF to guaranteeing its sovereignty.

+1.

And itt will get even more important if the hype about Greenland’s natural resouces is correct.

Bots. The same kind that follows you on Twitter etc.

I have zero of these, but then again I’m not a very frequent poster either. 😉

If Denmark goes for a fighter at all, I think it will be either the F-35 or the SH. I strongly doubt they would go for Gripen. I think they would rather have 12 F-35 than 24 Gripen.

Look at what happened in Norway…

This is exactly what will happen. Gripen has very slim chanches in Denmark. IMHO anyone who thinks otherwise underestimates US pressure. I’d be happy to be wrong though. But I’m pessimistic in this case. 🙂

See this small excerpt from the wikileaks us embassy leaks for examble:

“–Talk about the impact on the relationship carefully. Deciding our line on this was critical, given Norwegian sensitivities. We needed to avoid any appearance of undue pressuring (which was construed as threatening NORWAY in its sovereign decision-making process), but we couldn’t let stand the view that the choice didn’t matter for the relationship. We opted for choosing the JSF will maximize the relationship as our main public line. In private, we were much more forceful. “

Er… Gripen is eliminated after technical evaluation but the aircraft meets all MRCA requirements???

Sounds to me that RMAF can’t afford the others, so the criteria have been changed so that Gripen DOES meet requirements. Wonder if this selection will go the way the Swiss one went – get some temporary C/D’s to allow Fulcrums to be retired in 2015 then buy some E/F’s when the budget is there.

Maybe because no aircraft has been eliminated? You conveniently left out this part of the article
[..]
Rodzali denied that Gripen and Sukhoi were no longer considered for the MRCA programme as “we are still evaluating all of the aircraft”.
He also denied that RMAF had ranked the aircraft in the technical evaluation.
[..]

Full article here: http://www.thesundaily.my/news/497484