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F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet 'by a mile' in 2021 Defence Department competition
- mikece 10mo agoBased 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 https://www.google.com/search?q=fat+amy+f-35
- cjbenedikt 10mo agoNot always it seems... https://youtu.be/ZNN4GlQuBqc?si=CmdkwDWUt1IdZ43C https://youtu.be/ZNN4GlQuBqc?si=CmdkwDWUt1IdZ43C
- thinkcontext 10mo agoIts recent performance against Russian S-300 anti-aircraft systems over Iran made its case in a very public way.