Oceandar Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 https://theaviationgeekclub.com/former-swedish-air-force-flight-engineer-explains-how-the-saab-gripen-can-dogfight-and-win-against-almost-any-dissimilar-aircraft/ Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. - Lao Tze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 The Gripen is an outstanding and often underestimated fighter jet, no doubt about it, but I generally would be wary about articles that make such overwhelming claims ;) Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 No insult to anyone, but, it's not insider source, it's a quora user reported on by a blogger and that is a worrying trend in crap out there. Having said that, i've no doubt its at least mostly true, every airforce has their good days and very small fighters like JASS39 tend to get the jump on the detections in a game of ... detection, and it's definitely charted as one of the top dogfighters and best in class all round fighters. I think mostly because of size, modularity and cheapness, if I "owned an airforce" :) I'd pick them over everything else to get the extra ones purchased over the potentially better electronics of the latest gen. But that's because I'm a strong believer in the fighter mafia school of thought.... cheap numbers, asymetry and guerilla tactics, something of the cold war style the Swedes had also makes a lot of sense. ___________________________________________________________________________ SIMPLE SCENERY SAVING * SIMPLE GROUP SAVING * SIMPLE STATIC SAVING * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLTeo Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Holy clickbait batman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeriaGloria Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Holy clickbait batman! Who would’ve thought an F-4 beating an F-18 in a straight line would be true. And it even happened during a test flight! Black Shark Den Squadron Member: We are open to new recruits, click here to check us out or apply to join! https://blacksharkden.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozon Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 .... I think mostly because of size, modularity and cheapness, if I "owned an airforce" :) I'd pick them over everything else to get the extra ones purchased over the potentially better electronics of the latest gen. But that's because I'm a strong believer in the fighter mafia school of thought.... cheap numbers, asymetry and guerilla tactics, something of the cold war style the Swedes had also makes a lot of sense. If you’d build your own air-force you will quickly realize that the choice of planes is a matter of petty politics and bribery much more than calculated logic or strategy. “Mosquitoes fly, but flies don’t Mosquito” :pilotfly: - Geoffrey de Havilland. ... well, he could have said it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_ Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Small radar signature because the aircraft is small, smart concept. Attache ta tuque avec d'la broche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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