Il 28 maggio il primo ministro svedese Ulf Kristersson ha annunciato che la Svezia prevede di trasferire 16 aerei da combattimento Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D usati all’Ucraina e di sostenere Kiev nell’acquisto di un massimo di 20 nuovi aerei Gripen E.
"L’Ucraina ha chiaramente identificato il Gripen come la scelta prioritaria per la sua forza aerea a lungo termine e intende acquisire la versione più recente, il Gripen E," Lo ha detto Kristersson in una conferenza stampa congiunta con il presidente Volodymyr Zelensky a Uppsala.
https://kyivindependent.com/sweden-set-to-provide-gripen-fighter-jets-to-ukraine-media-reports/
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Yeeeessss
Yay!! Finally!!! 🇸🇪🤝🇺🇦
While getting Gripens is great there is a little something here that’s missing from the title. Those first 16 planes will take up to 10 months to actually be delivered. 10 months is a long time.
I misread that and thought Sweden had 16 gripes with Ukraine.
one more Trump “win”.
Biden managed to introduce F16 in the worlds best military, the pedo in chief threw the advantage away.
It will be good for SAAB with some real world testing
Once Ukraine wins this war, that’s going to translate into a lot of business for European defence companies, and fuck all for Americans. Good
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Ukraine says they would like to buy up to 150 gripen.
Väldig bra, Sverige 🇸🇪💪🇺🇦 Heroiam Slava
Yeah boi!
TLDR its a big deal because the C/D/E is on par and in many ways superior to the F35 in *practical combat situations*.
I expect a legion of people to defend the F35 though.
The reality is the F35 has some functional issues in design and the method of detecting stealth aircraft are rendering it less effective in peer to peer conflicts. Of course the F35 against non peers is basically black magic but designing a military around that concept is foolish.
> and Sweden secures the required export approvals.
shitshitshit. The US have a say in this.
> “Our pilots began training missions quite some time ago,” Zelensky said, adding that Ukraine is now working to expand pilot training infrastructure and send more pilots abroad for training.
Would love to know how soon. Speculation about this started *years* ago.
There you go, Sweden! You’re a weird bunch who talk funny and come to Copenhagen to drink our booze and steal our women. But deep down, you’re alright after all.
Love from Denmark 🇩🇰
P.S. I wish we had bought your Gripen, too, instead of the F-35.
Is there a place in the battlefield for any manned airframes in Ukraine right now?