• puppinstuff@lemmy.ca
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    Gripen is more versatile for our north and for various mission types.

    If equally skilled pilots faced off one-on-one, the F-35 would beat the Gripen.

    The Gripen perks include supply chain and industrial benefits of making jets in Canada for other partners around the world, making it the better nation-building investment.

    The F-35s are currently behind in production schedule to other international buyers, with no guaranteed deadlines, or that the contracted quantity and loadouts will be what actually gets delivered.

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      I didn’t watch the video, but from what I have heard, by itself, the F-35 is a dog. It would be nothing without the large scale computerized logistics system that it was designed to be a part of.

      The Gripen was a state of the art air to air combat aircraft. …40 years ago.