(comparing EF to Gripen) flight performance and amount of hardpoints/weapon stations. the gripen c’s maximum missile loadout is the Eurofighter’s most basic one
yeah did read through the post they answered to and it is ridiculoous, i mean typhoon ecr is in development as well as FCAS, the employees wont all just instantly lose their jobs and the situation until 2027 is still very much open
Yup. We all know the US and RU have is gonna leave everyone in the dust.
Everyone should be allowed to catch up, then past them since once RU/US start getting their stuff it’s gonna be over.
But hey, they gave the US the F-14 before anyone had anything close that could fight it. Surprisingly, the only nation that got a counter was France but even then they went and added the F-16 and mig-29.
This I agree with, but to be honest, at the rate we’ve seen new stuff in the past year (I genuinely was not expecting Aim-9M for example on 4th gens this year. I was expecing and really hoping they’d be given to a handful of gen 3s that could do with an edge like the Shar FA2, F4F ICE, AV-8B, etc) then I think end of 2024 might be way too late. Im expecting Su-27/F-15 this Dec and then early 13s like a prototype typhoon by March, maybe June.
I get most nations needing something reasonably comparible, but not that US/USSR need equal or better. Within 1 BR stop is perfectly fine and the Typhoon being 1 BR stop ahead of all other nations for half a year in my book is absolutely fine. (if not a little fair considering the past year for a few nations)