F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet 'by a mile' in 2021 Defence Department competition(cbc.ca)

5 pointsby bouchardhace 8 meses3 comments

cbc.ca

F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet 'by a mile' in 2021 Defence Department competition

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/f-35-gripen-dnd-competition-9.6992167

3 comments

cjbenedikthace 8 meses

Not always it seems... https://youtu.be/ZNN4GlQuBqc?si=CmdkwDWUt1IdZ43C

thinkcontexthace 8 meses

Its recent performance against Russian S-300 anti-aircraft systems over Iran made its case in a very public way.

mikecehace 8 meses

Based on metrics designed by Lockheed Martin? The Fat Amy[1] can be a good plane and clearly superior for certain tasks but unless Canada plans to be in a hot war where air power is paramount it would make more sense to get the Gripen and save a ton of money.

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=fat+amy+f-35