People need to tell their mps to order gripens.
The major difference that they don’t cover is that the F-35 is designed, built and controlled by the United States, an adversary of Canada, already at economic war with Canada and with a declared objective to annex Canada and make it the 51st state of the United states, while the Gripen is designed, built and controlled by Sweden, a long standing ally of Canada with no hostile declarations or actions.
The Gripen is not controlled by Sweden since they offer to form our technician
We need diplomats. Not death machines.
America has the strongest military and Canada and Greenland are on the chopping block.
I can only wish I were as much of an optimist as you are.
So… I don’t watch videos; anyone have a bulleted list?
The only ones I know about are the LM supply chain, US telematics control and US-centric command and control system on the F-35.
In essence, every F-35 sold is a part of the US Air Force one way or the other.
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.
The gen 4 Gripen would maybe lose.
The F-35 is a missle/sensor truck.
The in-planning Gen5 Gripen would almost certainly win.
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.
I think the gripen has a shorter landing distance, more tuned to the arctic and is more repairable.
The Gripen is apparently quite a bit cheaper than the F-35, both in terms of what it costs to buy the plane and what it costs to keep it in the air.
@Sunshine a lot…
