The F-35 still has a long way to go

Re:The F-35 still has a long way to go by metricodus on Saturday April 01, 2017 @04:55PM (#14014121)

Norway dismissed buying Gripen from neighbouring Sweden to buy the non-working F35, claiming Gripen failed the technical evaluation of what a capable fighter needed to be able to.

In hindsight it seems obvious that they were less concentrated with actually getting a capable fighter anytime soon and a lot more concerned with, well, paying money to the US.

This has caused a rift between the two countries that is still lasting.

(Side-note: as a new HN user I really, really hate this throttling. I think I actually managed to submit this on the 9th try, waiting about ten minutes between each attempt. I kept seeing "You're submitting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks."

I really, really don't think is good for conversion stats.)

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Re:The F-35 still has a long way to go by kalleboo on Saturday April 01, 2017 @09:13PM (#14015140)

The diplomatic cable leaks proved that the purchase was politically motivated under heavy pressure from the US https://www.thelocal.se/20101203/30584

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Re:The F-35 still has a long way to go by kwhitefoot on Sunday April 02, 2017 @12:48PM (#14017795)

If we had bought the Gripen we would also get access to the software that drives it and not be beholden forever to the manufacturer.

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