Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack
Political machinations aside, I've never really understood just why more customers haven't purchased SAAB's offerings. Cost, reliability, capability seem to be in the ball park.
Given that Norway, Denmark, Holland and Belgium are all unlikely to get involved in any serious expeditionary ops, I have no idea why on earth they think they need the F-35 and with it's costs, the resultant small number of airframes that make such small numbers questionable to sustain......... whereas a Gripen buy would seem to make much more sense for those countries
