With the same 5 conscripts and one technician that does all the other stuff.

and then you actually visit reality for a brief moment and realize that both Raffale and EF actually beaten Gripen in the Swiss tests, with both planes being easier to maintain in the field and faster turn around between missions. Just LOL

@@Silentbob515 Corruption and french influence inserting lies. Gripen gets that all the time. When the Norwegians "tested" the Gripen they seriously said that one of the reasons for their no was that it had no refueling capability, when an example was standing right there, with the refueling probe extended... That's how ridiculous it can get.

It has been done on a road base in 45 min, from the Gripen coming to a stop and rotation.

One can change engines on a whole squadron of Gripens before you manage to get the engine out of a F-35. Atleast thats how long it took in 2019 in a hangar with dedicated equipment and a team of flight mechanics.

60% of the time it works all the time?

@@felixmarseille6905 The distribution of success on a scale from 0 to 100 is usually a bell curve, pawel is saying that for Swedish design the curve has a big spike around the 100 mark on the graph 😉

Any examples of misses? Not saying you are wrong, just curious

@@jocjoc5587 Stridsvagn 103 was quite a miss, I'd say.

@@insertoyouroemailYou're crazy. It was a master piece for it's time. Automatic gearbox, could be operated by a single crew member, 17 rpm fire rate, nearly impenetrable frontal armour.

I have several used ones I can sell you at half price. Also I have luxury properties in eastern Ukraine you might be interested in. Very safe neighborhoods.

best? in what exactly? because it's not the best in almost every single metric there is. yes it's overall really good. but the best? wtf

@@riskinhosThe combination of easy maintenance, dispersed operations, advanced EWS, tactical datalink with state of the art weapons systems.

@@riskinhos He said ONE OF the best, acknowledging it is not THE best. Try reading a bit better.

Most of its components are American and British

@@zohier75 Components differs between A, C and E. E uses an American engine, but avionics is not American.

Salut right back at you, from a Brit living in Sweden 😅😅 "You can't go anywhere without bumping into a Brit!"

salut to u too im a swede who really loves gripen E and all other gripens

They dont know u lil bro

@@Aldronex why so toxic i havent done anything to u.

Yeah we do! @@Aldronex

No! Do not join the offensive & terrorist organization know as NATO.

I think the Hungarian Parliament votes them in next week.

@@deanfirnatine7814They took some extended vacation to delay it :)

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Germany should buy Gripen 👍🏻

J35 Draken

@@hjelpekokk Draken didn't have STOL, so I'm not so sure the roadbase system worked for it. You have any reference?

0:30 is 100% Draken im Swedish I know. Viggen didnt have round inlets.

@@thehoogard They used a parachute for the Draken to make it stop. Taking off was not a problem. They even added extra tail wheels to protect the engine from the steep takeoff.

Draken should be returned to service just due to the fact it is the coolest fighter jet ever built (sorry Gripen designers 😄). As a kid they always flew over our summerhouse out on an island. Since there was a tennis court on the island it was an easy reference point for the pilots before all this GPS nonsense the Ruskies now are messing with anyway. Best was however when the full armada of old Swedish Air Force Mustangs (sorry SAAB 😊) showed up over the horizon. A good thing about the Gripen… for me personally, now enjoying sleeping late in the summer mornings… is that they aren’t quite as noisy as some other fighter jets. I have had American F-16s during NATO exercises wake me up a bit annoyed for their loudness. But can American intentionally produce something that isn’t loud… I doubt it (sorry Americans 😉).

At least you are on our side🫡

​@@byggloket2590no greater bond than those that live amongst the Arctic North ❤

Proud to be Canadian eh! (I'm Swedish)

Pretty to hear even Canadians say they're proud to be Canadian!@@primedasymmium

I'd like to buy one Gripen but my Camaro SS is great too! Can't fly it though. 😆 Greets from Gothenburg, Sweden. 🇸🇪🇺🇸

@@Draco_Nex Are Camaro's rare in Sweden?

​@@raindrop8061 no pretty common. Though cars like ford gt is more common here:)

@@byggloket2590 Yeah Sweden got some money I tell you that. GDP per capita has gone up so much since the 60's

@@raindrop8061 Sweden has a little more than 10 million citizens. The number of the kind I own (Camaro SS 6.2L V8 with 461 HP), there is only 95 cars of the 6th generation (2016 - 2019 - before facelift) in the entire country. All Camaros together, any age and with any engine the total number is 7963 registered cars. I think that Camaro is also more common in rural areas/countryside than in Sweden's biggest cities like Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. Not sure though. Please correct me anyone if you know I'm wrong. Mustangs are more common here. The total number of Mustangs (Mustang Mach-E NOT included) is almost the double, 15 559 cars.

With beautiful Sweedish actress, I agree.

There is one movie where the Gripen plays a bug part: "Hotet" from 2004

im 33 and i have known since i was like 5 or something

@@andreelindevall1203 If I was Swedish, I probably would too.

@@ArKritz84 sorry, i assumed you were

@@andreelindevall1203 fair assumption, I didn't specify it in my first comment.

@@ArKritz84 Yeah

Tack. Äntligen blir vi även militära bröder🎉

Nah. Let's hope for a nordic defence union instead though.

​@@CaesarfuckinplaysLoL no. UNITED WEST is the way. NATO

I'ts not help that we standing up for them i Finnish VinterWar against Sovjet. And we own Finland in 800 year! They buy expensive flight from USA since WW2.

@@detskalldaltas133 Finland flew J35 Draken. To be honest, they have the right to get whatever fighter jets they want. They doesn’t own us anything even that it would had been nice to sell some Gripens to them, but they chose F-35 and I’m sure they had a good reason for that!

@@Hiznogood Yes they have Kekkonen and two woman Presidenti! 🤪👈

@@detskalldaltas133 The Gripen lacks many of the capabilities the F-35 possesses. Also, with Finland in NATO, operating out of motorways isn’t necessary.

FInland plans to operate the F-35 from dispersed road bases just like they do with the F/A-18 now.@@anon69_q

Haha. Yeah. And if its -1 degree or a slight wind, or maybe cloud, perhaps a spec of dust. Sorry its grounded no flying under thoose horrendous conditions 😂

@@TH-qh6jz Both the Gripen and the F-35 is "all weather" aircrafts.

@@TH-qh6jz We don't operate within those rules.. most of the time in Norway the conditions are outside what you described, we're still gonna fly.

Did you get the B or C version? Unfortunately every little pebble hitting the paint job when launching or landing on a road will mean a huge job for technicians to fix the stealth capabilities. And you can’t really do a similar thing. Unlike the Gripen, you can’t use whatever conscripts, whatever tools, and whatever refueling and rearming gear to maintain and launch an F35. You need professionally trained engineers and special and expensive equipment. If that equipment and such technicians can’t swiftly be taken to the site, you can’t launch it. And changing an engine on a parking lot along a road… forget it. But Norway has opted for a quite different defense strategy. In the north the air defense I would assume will come from US aircraft carriers (and if you got the B or C versions, you could likely launch the Norwegian F-35s from those too) as can the Finns their F-18s. In the south, Sweden would have to take the hit with the Gripens, and you Norwegians can provide support launching the F-35s from well maintained air bases way behind the frontlines. Although, you’d have to ask the way smarter generals if that’s so. The NATO strategy in the event of an aggression from Russia is essentially to abandon the NATO nations in the east (Sweden likely to be one of those… since that has already been the national strategical option) to fend for themselves for six months, until the other NATO nations can muster a counter offensive. The time it takes to train enough maintenance crew for the F-16s, F-35, etc. possibly one reason to why this is so. Although letting the Ruskies grab and hold the Swedish island of Gotland for so long wouldn’t be the smartest strategy for NATO.

@@TH-qh6jz you do know that for about 40% of the year (in alot of the country) its under 0 degrees in norway and in sweden right? and the other 60% its raining. If theyre built in sweden, they can handle the cold. Also its almost always windy in sweden.

Agree even tho I'm in favor of F-16s. The Philippine Air Force needs the Gripen as SAAB can deliver it quicker due to 14 pre manufactured units. Then there's the turnaround/flexibility capability that it has and especially the integration of MBDA Meteor.

The initial DP is already inserted in the 2024 budget though but max suggests to go for alternative options such as getting used F 16s and additional FA 50s particularly Block 20

@@paulsteaven PH’s roads and Right of Way needs to be fixed before we can “copy” Sweden’s Bas 90 system which is an example of dispersed/ quick turnaround. Imagine a Gripen trying to land on PH roads, it will be a disaster due to Power lines, overpasses, crappy road quality, right of way obstructions, etc.

@@francotaningco1708 either the DND/AFP will go: 1) If stick to one supplier: Gripen CD -> E/F 2) Multiple contracts: Gripen CD -> F-16 used from third party -> F-16 used from US -> Planned twin engined MRF

@@johna3142 Don't forget additional FA 50s too and be part of a multiple contract deal

Bit of a stupid comparison when the f35 is there to achieve and maintain total dominance and the gripen is there to create a contested airspace where the advantage will be in swedens favour. Its like comparing a mig 21 to a tomcat they are different weapons with a different purpose. Gripen slaps no doubt but f35 is playing a different game

​@jezzat3778 I think when NATO combines all available systems and work together we creates a truly unmatched force. Everything has it's place.

@@tryttatrytta4472 oh undoubtedly it’s amazing the spread of capabilities nato possesses. From almost guerilla air forces to next gen stealth jets with data link and everything in between

The F-35 might be an incredible aircraft, but it is completely unsuited for Canada's needs. First and foremost we need an interceptor capable of operating from austere airfields. Next on the list would be low operating cost. Gripen ticks all those boxes, the F-35 ticks none of them.

And the super fast turnaround times work for us too. Considering how long it has taken our Government(s) to make a fighter jet decision, I wonder how long it will take them to build facilities in the far north to support F-35 activities. @@JonMartinYXD

SAAB

@@larszenthio1012Saab

Can you imagine some overconfident douchebag riding in his SU- 57 or equivalent, acting like he owns the skies or something. Then suddenly a radar warning pops off and he sees a lone Gripen sitting on his 6, where there were none. While he shits bricks trying to figure out where Gripen came from, Gripen pilot just mutters "överraskning!!" and drops his sidewinder. Boom!!

Wait, the Philippines are buying Gripen?

They didn't even show off the 3-point reversal capability of Gripen! 😀

Norway has been part of NATO longer, so it's sorta expected..

The newer models are generally considered Gen4.5. Not stealth but plenty of EW.

The procurement failure was even running a competition in the first place, the F35 was the obvious choice for us and we took 16 years to get them, Gripens are neat, Fifth Gen Stealth Mutliroles are a bit more useful though.

@@connorbranscombe6819 Gripen E in particular has what is basically a "5th gen" sensor/avionics/EW suite, with full open architecture and flight dynamics software firewalled from system/sensor software (allows super fast software updates with no need to re-certify flight dynamics). SAAB has also been doing datalinked ops since Draken. If you're gonna operate F-35 from distributed locations at a high optempo, you'll have stealth for the first few days then you might as well go "beast mode" since your stealth coatings will have degraded with no way to repair in the field. RF stealth has become just one aspect of design, not the end-all it seemed to be in the 1980s. Plus, the F135 motor is a huge, hot IR point source which the F-35 design does little to mask...

@@vmpgsc Honestly kinda just sounds like you’re bitter nation governments know the F-35 is far superior to a gripen.

F-4 Phantom and F14 Tomcat are most pleasing to my eyes, but Gripen is fantastic in its increadible simplisity

@nattygsbord I like the shape of the F-14 but the F-4 looks blocky, and I tend to avert my eyes when looking at one

@@Ulfur8574 It looks cool. But the later F4E model is ugly with that nose. I think Viggen is the coolest of Swedish aircraft. It looks powerful and menacing with its thick neck and bogie landing gear and Green splinter camo. Gripen looks tiny and weak by comparison - but people are of course mistaken by its size, as this plane is strong as an ant and punches enormously above its own weight.

I as a random Swede am on your side, heck I heard you want subs too and I do not stand in your way mate.

@@benktlofgren4710 the funds for these gripens are ready to get both the jet and it's munitions too. And yes, our military is planning to get atleast 2-3 subs.

@@tobiellucas8765 Most Swedish marine and non-mechanized materiel fit Pilliphine like a glove, it is designed to push back Russian invaders in our vast Baltic archipelago. (it does not show on world maps) But if you zoom in Sweden and Finland are covered by an Archipelago shield. If I were planning defense I want 100+ CB90 or something similar, that can transport marines and man mobile robot & mortar systems, Man held AA, and so on. Check out SAAB SLWT and SAAB RBS 15 Gungnir.

As far as I understand sales was approved in 2022, it’s the Philippines that are dragging their feet

@@kronop8884 as of today, w our government have the budget for the 15% of the payment. So the MoU really needs to be ratified by sweden.

It would be perfect for it. Extremely powerful and yet so cheap. Brazil made a wise choice.

IIRC they practice landing by roadflares and/or small portable IR lights at night.