Yeah, it is an interesting decision as the 39C has been upgraded in all aspects over it’s service. The 39C the Swedish airforce has today is closer to the 39E than the 39C in it’s begining stages haha.
And the fact that they do not want to specify which MS version is strange to. Both the Rafale and Typhoon have specific generation, Tranche, Block, whatever they call it, specified.
Also wonder a bit how the 39C/D upgrades will turn out in the close future. Will be interesting to see.
This document talks quite a lot about it actually (if you know Swedish).
I am Swedish so I hope I know some :D
Will look through them in a bit.
Just read the parts about the planes, Strv 123 and Visby corvette. They say only what is needed hahaha. That is how it goes with classified information.
Also I am not a big fan of the future 39C/D upgrades being MS20 Block 2.1 (which from my understanding already is in service), MS20 Block 3 and Block 4. MS21 is the first of 39E modifications which will be taken in to active service to a limited degree in the end of this year by the looks of it.
I had hoped that there would be a MS21 39C but instead we get blocks
Ah. Storm Shadow’s better.
Nah, they are about the same size and weight and their warheads are similar in operation and weight. Both are dual stage and delayed fuze of the main warhead to penetrate deep bunkers. Both rely on the same guidance modes and both have IR cameras to aquire the final target.
What is different is the engines. Storm Shadow/Scalp has a turbojet and KEPD 350 has a more efficient turbo-fan. This means that the KEPD 350 has about twice the range of the Storm Shadow/Scalp.