That is a terrible comparison
The closest on is japan getting the F15C before the Americans
Or the F5 that china got before the US
Or when Sweden got a better Leopard 2 before the Germans
Or China again with the better F16 for a bit
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No, it is pretty spot on to the current situation.
No its not
No where near the same
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Mate, when you bring up the leos, we know you’re being dishonest.
But by all means, keep complaining about them and demonstrating that you don’t have skin in the game other than keeping the C for Britain. Your examples consist of major nations (who already have plenty of shit and don’t wait 3 years for a competitive toptier) when we’re talking on a minor nation, being fucked out of the pride of their aviation fleet.
How am i being dishonest
I gave you examples of this situation happening before
You gave a crap comparsion that is no where near the same
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No launch detection :clown:
About that, those are the AJ37 Viggens RWR and Radar, you’d think after all this time they’d at least finished the Gripens radar, They also copy-pasted the Viggens HUD into the Gripen lol. And the Gripen C isn’t even ready yet.
what are the chances that they forgot until 3 weeks ago
It may be dev server but not having a proper RWR or radar is very funny when you look at flanker and f15
Yeah, I would cut them some slack but man… Copy pasting both the Viggens RWR, Radar and HUD, and not even having finished the Gripen C in time for the update…
Maybe that’s why Sweden got its shitty Gripen A lol, they didn’t have the Gripen C ready to show and needed something in time for the reveal. Who knows.
that might be…
but then someone must’ve decided that no, sweden shall not get the 39C even when its done for this update.
I agree with your premise, but those metaphors are horrible.
It would be like giving the USSR an R class whilst giving the UK Marlborough, yes the USSR used the R class, but so did tbe UK and Marlborough is worse than the R class.
And before people forget again, the UK is a codeveloper of Gripen, like how Lockheed Martin helped with the KF-21 Boramae. The UK were the ones who modernised it from the A to C.
That said the UK should have at best the same variant of the Gripen as Sweden, and te current statement of the next major isnt satisfactory, they should just reskin the one in the UK TT.
Do you have any sources for the UK helping to develop the airframe? I can find only mentions to BAE helping advertise the Batch 3 models internationally for a few years then taking a chunk of shares in SAAB after the agreement ended in 05
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Okay I’ve found some (less than ideal) sources that do mention BAE helping to modernize the Gripen into its export flavor but nothing in regards to what they exactly did. Mention of “updating to NATO standard” which I imagine would just be control software? But either way it’s not as if they were solely for export as I believe all if not most Batch 1 and 2 models were updated to the Batch 3 standard.
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That’s not fully true. It’s thanks to BAE which helped make it NATO capable but it’s SAAB which introduced new weapon systems, avionics and also integrated all of this into the new modernized Gripen airframe. Gripen A was a fully Swedish product before (engine aside), it’s just that Britain gave it access to NATO stock since C version.
Maybe a little offtop, but does Gripen A really not have a drag chute? Landing with this thing will be terrible. At least it has decent breaks…
no it has the canards to act as massive airbrakes but gaijin might have not modeled that
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they definitely didn’t
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The first wings were 3D built by the UK and then the further wings in Sweden via technology transfer the technique used is Super Plastic Titanium Bonding which is patentwd by BAE.
Ill get a picture later today and tag you.