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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hope Ukraine gets our Gripens as soon as possible, preferably complete with Meteor missiles from the start, this shit can't keep going.

[–] zwerg@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is probably a year before we'll see them in action, factoring in delivery and training time, sadly.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From what I have heard, we have already trained Ukrainian pilots to use Gripen, and I seem to recall that we sent an aid package a while ago with Gripens spares to enable a quick deployment once everything was signed

[–] zwerg@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] froh42@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

I just wish we EU countries would cancel our fucking F35 orders and order the same monetary amount in Gripens instead.