Originally Posted by
CargoOne
ps you are forgetting Su24s were not alone but covered by Su27s, so a pair of Grippens might have disappeared from the radar if russkies intention would have been different.
The russkies stumbled themselves across SWE AF and FIN AF and NAVY joint exercises. Which means that there were a lot more than two Gripens hanging around. I would've placed my bets on the defenders as there were plenty, and they saw what the sukhois were carrying around.