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Old 23rd Jun 2004, 12:02
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CaptainCaveman,

You're a bit out of date and touch with the Swedich situation (OOoer)
They have had their own series of Defence cuts and realignments and have a requirement for far less than 200 Grippens. They are peddling them around the world to anyone who is interested and all of their early Grippens are being replaced by a later updated NATO compatible version resulting in around half of the Grippen order being declared surplus.
Plus it is their only FJ so it has to do the lot. They are declaring a grand total of 4 to be available for UN sponsored peace keeping missions.
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