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    Schweden drängt darauf, angesichts der laufenden Gespräche von der Entsendung des Gripen in die Ukraine abzusehen

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    1. AntifaThrowAwkwardly on

      Urged by something called the “Air Force Capability Coalition for Ukraine.” Whoever that is. In any case, they just want to delay until Ukraine has their F-16 program fully integrated into their air force.

    2. lostmesunniesayy on

      The poor Gripen gets cock-blocked even when people want it…

      Someone please just let it do what it was born to do.

    5. IshTheFace on

      As a Swede I’m honestly surprised Gripen is being considered. Not because it is a bad plane. By all accounts it’s a great plane. But there simply aren’t a lot of them. Why bother implementing something that can’t be easily replaced? A quick search tells me 4600 F16s made while only 271 Gripens. And more than half of them are in service with nations other than Sweden.

      With that said, we did send Archer which we have even less of. I don’t even think the current Archer model built on the articulated chassis is gonna be produced anymore last I heard. The next version will probably be on some kind of chassis akin to the Caesar if I’m not mistaken.

    6. obidobi on

      So frustrating Ukraine has asked for the planes several times and Sweden want to send them… but someone up the chain is blocking them!

    7. obidobi on

      Urged = Ordered

      If it was just about Urge Ukraine would have had both Gripen and AWACS this summer.

    9. ActionNorth8935 on

      It’s good that the communication has changed somewhat at least. Earlier it was suspected but not communicated that they were actually blockes by a third party (US). Now the Swedish government are at least saying it out loud and maybe that can put some preassure on the other allies to give the go ahead.

      I’m sure if it was just up to Sweden and Ukraine, Gripens and AWACS would be in the sky as we speak, protecting Ukrainian lives and lobbing Meteors at russians.

    11. Snajdarn666 on

      “it’s pending on export licenses and also the other actors in the coalition – primarily Denmark, Netherlands and the US”

      I’m going to guess it’s the US, AGAIN, blocking needed equipment for Ukraine. It sure as hell isn’t Denmark or the Netherlands.

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