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The next domino: Canada is now also looking for an alternative to the F-35

With Canada the next NATO partner is now looking for alternatives to the US fighter jet F-35 ($LMT (-0,53%) ) and is examining various models such as the Gripen ($SAAB B (-3,1%) ) or the Eurofighter ($AIR (-4,05%)
$BA. (-3,18%)
$LDO (-3,64%)
$MTX (-3,06%) ). The background to this is not only financial aspects - technical requirements and geopolitical considerations also play a role. At the same time, there are questions about maintenance costs and military independence from the USA. With its decision, Canada is setting the course for new international cooperation. This opens up exciting opportunities for the European aerospace industry.


In my opinion, Saab's Gripen currently has the best chance of becoming Canada's newest fighter jet. The concept of the Swedes, especially in terms of range, price/performance, maintenance and usability (optimized for use in Canadian latitudes; for take-off and landing on regular roads in remote regions and service there with small teams) fits like a glove to the Canadian aviator's eye. Canada also has the opportunity to produce the Saab Gripen in its own country.


Source: https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Kanada-sucht-nach-Alternativen-zum-US-Kampfjet-F-35-article25632225.html


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#usa
#f35
#saab
#eurofighter

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Not only Canada is rethinking its position, Europe is too.

Is a trade dispute really worthwhile for the USA :'D
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How competitive are the EU jets compared to the F-35? The last I checked, the Americans still have a mile-wide technological and military advantage over EU jets with the F-35 (not visible on enemy radar). How do you see that? Apart from the aspect that the EU fleets could be deactivated at any time.
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@value_hunter_25 When the money is there, patents will be developed here too, which the USA will then look after.
Drones will soon be more important than airplanes... cheaper, smaller, lighter, more efficient, unmanned.
Leonardo $LDO from Italy is positioning itself with drones in addition to regular war equipment.
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@value_hunter_25 Europe currently has no so-called 5th generation fighter aircraft. In general, the F-35 is the only 5th generation fighter aircraft that has been produced in series (and is actually in production). However, this does not necessarily mean that Gripen, Rafale and the like are vastly inferior or that the F-35 is invisible to European radar stations. An F-35 can also be located by radar from several dozen if not a hundred kilometers away. Even the Russians can do that with their junk radars. However, it is difficult to precisely detect and track an F-35 as a target. In pure air-to-air combat, an F-35 can locate and target any European fighter before it locates the F-35. But Gripens, for example, are also designed for a different attack or defense tactic. Gripens hide individually in remote regions on remote forest roads or between mountains, take off quickly, attack and disappear again into the landscape. In a dogfight with a Rafale or Gripen or Eurofighter, an F-35 has no chance. The F-35 is like an American truck, big, powerful, but also comparatively sluggish. In comparison, the European fighters are like small European sports cars. But the F-35 is also technologically advanced enough to ideally not even allow dogfights.
@value_hunter_25 I'm not a military expert, but I do wonder what value tanks and fighter jets still have. Doesn't the future lie in drones, space and cyber warfare? At the moment, I have the feeling that airplanes and tanks are overrated or are obsolete.
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