Originally Posted by
Petit-Lion
Can already kicked. Canada is buying second-hand Hornets from Australia "for parts".
Yes but 20-30 gripens would allow the can to be kicked even further down the road. The 25 ex RAAF hornets of which 7 are for parts gets you down <10 years, 20ish gripens might get you down the road for 10 + years and still be usable after they eventually select the F-35 which we all know they will have to at some stage