Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoCanada Considers Snubbing US F-35 For Sweden’s Gripen Fighter Jetswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1261arrow-down10
arrow-up1261arrow-down1external-linkCanada Considers Snubbing US F-35 For Sweden’s Gripen Fighter Jetswww.newsweek.comSahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squaremysticpickle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 hours agoThe Gripen is certainly not as advanced as F-35 but its operating costs per flight hour are only 1/5th of the F-35 which is definitely a big consideration when you don’t have a US-sized defense budget.
The Gripen is certainly not as advanced as F-35 but its operating costs per flight hour are only 1/5th of the F-35 which is definitely a big consideration when you don’t have a US-sized defense budget.