From everything I’ve seen and read, the Barak II was used specifically as an attacker with a secondary role as a fighter, and thus wasn’t attuned to the AMRAAM, as they already had the Barak for that.
I know what the AIM-9Li is, and I never mentioned it or what was used in Swedish service.
Unless they changed the radar set it should be compatible. Only other thing i can think of is the pylon hardpoints may be different between missiles so Derby may have been used as a cheaper alternative. Just saying the radar it has is a part of theA-12/A-6F family which were specifically designed for AMRAAM.
Sweden did use it
They did not. Sweden went from the RB74 to the RB98. There have been people saying they also used the AIM-9Li, however I have seen no evidence of it.
They bought 9M in the 80s for the Viggens but never used for them and later put them on the Gripen they were still called RB74
Do you have a source?
The viggens were to receive pylon upgrades to mount them iirc but by them time they were ready to do so the later gripens seemed like the better choice unfortunately they ended up using Iris-T instead as they were more modern. Gonna be a bitch to find the info for it since thats somewhere i look last lol
1988 SIPRI world armaments and disarmament
It has all of the weapons that alot nations sold unless that selling was secret and the US sold 9M to Sweden
Just because Sweden bought it, it doesn’t mean they used it, nor that it even arrived.
They got it and used it with the Gripen as it couldn’t of been used for anything else
If you think other wise boo hoo
Do you have a source?
That they bought them yes
But not that they used them, is that correct?
And that matter how cause it is pretty obvious what they did with them
Again, buying something doesn’t mean that it was used or even delivered.
It was delivered
And when you buy something and then a few years later get a plane that can use it you will its not a massive leap in logic or anything here
You are missing the point.
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Your point is irrelevant
My point is that buying doesn’t mean using, or, in other words, that it very much is not irrelevant.
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