SAM system RBS 23 Bamse is taken from stock and is reactivated. I find the system interesting due to combo of decent range (15km high & 20km in range) and the low missile cost that will allow decent combat economics vs UAV’s and smart munitions.

https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2019/07/fast-luftvarn-pa-gotland/
https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotsystem_23_BAMSE

The Swedish Gripen E will recycle parts from old Gripen A’s but Not Gripen C’s (at least for now).

http://www.fmv.se/sv/Nyheter-och-press/Nyheter-fran-FMV/FMV-gor-tillaggsbestallning-pa-JAS-39E-fran-Saab-AB/

Are previously paid upfront cost prolonged with ‘F35 price index’ (not CPI) added to cost?

4 * RBS 15

4 RBS 15 at approx. 600kg each + pylons + 2 IRIS-T equals less than 3 tons excluding drop tank, it should be very realistic for a 100-200nm run out from a hidden / protected airbase out to the Baltic for launch, that is more than needed for many customers. Just remember that not all countries plan for long range offensive missions..

Same news but in English:

Not a word about reduced RCS…

Anyway, my guess is that the JSM will probably be fitted to Gripen if Finland (against all odds) purchase the Gripen E.

Yes, reduced signature too, but no mentioning of complementary IR seeker as planned for MK4. Don’t know how much RBS 15 MK3+ compete with JSM/NSM as the later doesn’t have any radar seeker and feature a 40% smaller warhead.

http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2017/03/ny-sjomalsrobot-bestalld/

@Loke,
Main issue for FAF is to figure out how to stay alive on the ground, have at least modest numbers and produce large number of sorties as deterrant or early in conflict.

Quite possible that ps05/mk4 will outrange the Raven ES 1000 in A2A mode.

Glad to see your faith in F35 I ll send a postcard to you and your soon only and completely unprotected airbase..

SwedishF21 Luleå & Norwegin Bodö

Well is that really relevant given the conversation we’ve just had about HMDs?

SwedishF21 Luleå & Norwegian Bodö base has done joint exercises for a very long time well before HMD intro, lots of written sources and gossip around this, above conclusion is valid without HMD too.

@StarfishPrime, spot on and off target at same time,
one of Gripens strengths is the easy of integration of new capabilities, so first Meteor user, HMD, almost first beamed datalinks (E), first GaN, its no coincidence, its a pattern that we can expect to contiue..