Only the JAS-39 Gripen is Capable of Doing This
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- The JAS-39 Gripen was designed to be as logistically simple as possible. The cause of this is the Swedish defense strategy based on dispersion, where its fighters will have to operate from improvised and poorly prepared locations such as secondary bases and even highways, which requires low maintenance, robustness, few personnel, low costs and high availability. Currently, considering only high-performance fighters, none can match the Gripen in this regard.
This is THE best video describing Gripen's excellence in dispersed operation - not only take off and landing, but the entire system of logistics and maintenance!
Check up how many of the latest road bases was ever finished.
Finished? They literally bring a tanker and a truck of supplies and its done. Road bases are not permanent, they are tents.
@@stoopydh4878 Bas 90 was a development of Bas 60. The intent was to in the end have about 200 runways for military use. Bas 90 was undeveloped but about 20 bases had been upgraded to some extent.
To begin with lots of roads in Sweden have a wire fence in the middle separating the lanes, of course you could remove such things.
But to my understanding we don't really have a lot of these things even though have had and have had the intention to have.
The Thailand Gripens are over here now in Australia for exercise Pitch Black. Ozzie Pilots are saying that it's a very difficult aircraft to go against.
Please tell us more :)
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I generally hate these kind of videos featuring a robot voice, but I must say that the text that's being read is great, well written, and actually highlights some of the key features of Gripen in a rather educated way! 👍🙂
@@sts6055 I think it works in this case. In fact any voice works in this case, b/c the video is factful; other military gear channels have pomp music playing in the background and content that reads like a commercial or a pitch for funding.
Really nice video and above all correct. Many videos out there is filled up with wrong information, on the edge of desinformation!
Ehh... Here we go again.
Dispersed operations are normal and many different planes have been regularly practising it. Gripen may be spesicically designed for it, but unlike its sworn fans claim it is not uniquely capable in it.
@@herptekWell if it's so ususl in other airforces then why is such big news in the media when for example th US airforce try the same thing? The hole video is also about that fact the Gripen fighter is designed for it. You cant say the same about any western fighter that I know of.
@@dennistofvesson6351 Its not very big news for us, anyway. But I do indeed sometimes wonder what is supposed to be so unusual about it to warrant titles in the media like in the video above. It is normal for us anyway.
@@herptek I must confess that I don't know what country you're from but as I wrote I can't bring to mind any other plane that was constructed with this kind of operations in mind, except it's predecessors Draken and Viggen. And no other nation as far as I know has had this kind of operations as a gameplan in a war, except maybe Finland. That's prety unike. Yes other countrys have done landings on regular roads but no one has built the infrastructior around it and have planes that can be maintained with such smal crews with such little training. Start to sound like maybe you're a bit gelous.
@@dennistofvesson6351 Well, sure enough Finland used to operate Draken among others back in the day but by no means are dispersed operations limited to it and the Gripen. And currently the main fighter aircraft is Hornet. It is no big deal operating dispersed. F-35A will also have to and it would not have been selected if it was impossible. We don't have the luxury of having our air bases out of range of enemy weapons.
I wish Finland were such a rich country that we could have bought two different types of multipurpose fighters, the F-35 and the Gripen E. The ability to use road runways has been a practice in Finland for decades. As I recall, the Mig-21 was able to do it and the F-18 (stop wire) was able to do it, as well as Finland's future F-35, NATO's F-35 planes have already successfully tested the road as a runway. Being able to get Gripen back combat ready so quickly is a really awesome ability in a real situation.👍👍👍
Finnish dispersed operations tends to use airstrips integrated with the road network (I've driven over at least one in northern Finland), rather than regular roads used as airstrips. Additionally, as mentioned in the video, the logistics required for maintaining the F35s (nor the F-18s) is also not really comparable to the Gripen.
All that said, Finlands decision to purchase the F-35s was prior to the decision of joining NATO, and as such the implied US-security insurance that accompanies any F-35s (as none can end up in hostile control) was an obvious and rational factor to tip the scales, especially since Finland already have these dispersed airstrip/road combinations, making logistics the "only" hurdle for F-35 dispersed operations (and where the F-35 is more capable than the Gripen in a number of other areas).
....despitec keeping side to the very original Swede idea of disperse anything in military for less damage in real war, the choice of Finland for F-18 and then F-35, not was the fighter itself which both are great, but the assurance of a great back-up which is USA, USA is real and keep it word when is come to protect.
❤ But you have a artillery, number of troops and sisu that make so many other countries green from envy.
Heja Finland och Sverige! Tillsammans med de nordiska broderfolken och under försvarsskölden NATO, så håller vi ryssen nertryckt om de en dag sticker ut sina smutsiga trynen västerut. Tillsammans står vi emot ryska hybridoperationer, sabotage, maskirovkas, framtida krigsoperationer. Ryssen vet att vi slår dem hårt, mycket hårt, om de rör på sig ännu mer. Rätt så.
Heja Sverige. Brothers in arms today.
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Brothers in arms since 13th century🇸🇪🇫🇮🤝
I appreciated this video very much. I'm tired of all the "know it all" from a certain...who writes this is nothing, our planes can land on roads too.........
I wish Canada had a bunch of these aircrafts, but we seem to enjoy not having anything simple, maybe not the most expensive fighter but always waiting for the next best thing mentality.
I agree. F35 isn't good for us. But we can't fight the Yanks.
Awesome!
The Swede airforce is absolutely awesome.
Short and sweet video that nails all the salient points.
Gripen E is THE best 4th gen fighter.
Its the best period, it doesnt fit any of the old generation crap because its something new, uses modular thinking to achieve electronic stealth instead of conventional
saab dont use gen for aircraft thats an american thing
The first pictures was JA37, not JAS39
Nope! It´s AJ/AJS 37!
@@vinkelnisseStill it is Viggen and not Gripen.
@@andersbergquist Of course it's a Viggen!
Even if the F-35 A's price is lower and now on par with the Gripen, i still think Canada should have bought the Gripen... Purchase coats are not the only deciding factor, and the Gripen hourly operation costs are almost 4 times lower... Add this to the fact that 'BOING' and the US Trade commission SCREWED Canada over for the Bombardier C-Series, and this begs the question as to WHY would Canada want to do business with the US ever again ( in the aeronautical field... )
Canada like Australia are two countries that are totally incapable of defending themselves with out the American umbrellas, so just shup up and dance.
Canadian aviation has been 🪛 Ed by the USA forever, Fr Arrow to CL84, Avro, DH....
I checked and found the F-35A costs ~$110 million vs ~$55 million for the Gripen. Maintenance is much easier and you only need one specialist
@@TheFrewah That was 2021 per unit cost... The 2024 cost has dropped to around 80 million... But the big difference with Saab and Lockheed Martin is this:
"Lockheed Martin Canada has been Canada's trusted defence partner for over 80 years, specializing advanced technology systems, products, and services. Over 1,400 employees at major facilities in Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Calgary and Victoria work on a wide range of major programs spanning the aerospace, defence, and commercial sectors."
The F-35 will benefit the Canadian economy in a way the Gripen would not, and this further brings down the 'adjusted' cost per unit...
Like i said above, i would have preferred Canada bought the Gripen, but i get that the Canadian government had other deciding factors than the actual plane's cost-effectiveness.
@@ClaudiusCaelum ahh, Thanks for clarification. I guess decisions were made before we joined Nato which I’m very happy with. Too bad there was no Nato party in Stockholm to celebrate. I think our Gripen is really good, it is 100% nato compatible and requires fewer service hours per flight hour than most other planes. I hope we can find more customers for it and other gear as our military industry is quite large. The anti air gun used to shoot down kamikaze planes was the Swedish 40mm gun made by Bofors and you can find an updated version on the CV-90 these days.
But the camouflage painted fighter jet in the beginning of this video are a Viggen, the percusor of Gripen.
Appropriate, since it's shown when he introduces the concept of dispersed air bases, something Viggen was the first aircraft designed to utilize.
@@apersson850 No. Sweden have had feld/roadbases since the 40. Ref: Svenska flygbaser, Flyghistorisk revy 2008.
@@claespettersson2162 Viggen was the first aircraft DESIGNED with STOL capabilities from the beginning. Earlier aircraft either required long runways or were just so slow that they could use short grass runways anyway.
@@apersson850 Viggen had no STOL capability.
@@claespettersson2162 Not by the 300 meter definition, no. But it was designed with some sort of STOL capabilities in the requirements and came ut with, should we call it CSTOL? (Comparatively Short Take Off and Landing). This was done in order to be able to handle short runways, which could be short by design or partially damaged longer runways.
This would have been a more suitable option than F16s
Everyone in Europe knows not to mess with Scandinavian countries. We are lucky they joined NATO.
Luck had little too do with Sweden and Finland joining NATO, just good judgement by the respective populations and poor tactics by Putin.
Did you read it correctly? I said "we are lucky they joined". Is English your first language? It's a figure of speech. A saying.
As the Gripen lands on a road it compresses the front wheel suspension and that automatically applies the brakes while the canards swivel to act as air brakes . Basically it was designed to land on small roads and be rearmed in 10 minutes. Other aircraft can land on roads too but not in that fashion and Gripen is lighter than others so less pot holes!
Gripen in Brazil: thanks Lula!
While people are competing with Russian and US fighter jets, I am in love with Swedish fighter jets.
For various reasons, Sweden does not get the attention it deserves in military aviation.
Question for anyone who worked with them, when loading the amunition for the gun, the belt is cranked in by hand with whatever that tool is called. Why isn't a pneumatic system or battery powered tools used for this to save time ? Same with the other tasks, no powered tools?
Well i just learned I've been mispronouning Gripen wrong 😕
It’s nice to have more runways than planes.
It doesn’t have to be a highway. What you see are country roads
That's the way! Uh-huh Uh-huh ! We do it! Uh-huh Uh-huh !
That's the way! Uh-huh Uh-huh ! In Sweden! Uh-huh Uh-huh !
tunnan lansen draken viggen gripen ...
Heja Sverige frikskt humör, det är det som susen gör! :D
Isn't it good that there are different types of aircraft within NATO not only from the US who do not build fighter aircraft from scratch considering operating costs and ease of service. See many here don't understand the difference between the JAS 39 Gripen and other fighters, the Gripen would never have been built if the demands from governments had not been met
I believe that Ukraine made a mistake in the decision not to add the Gripen to the air fleet.
Pretty sure it wasn't really their decision; availability, especially pre-NATO for Sweden, is a huge factor.
It’s not as ubiquitous as the F-16
Hate the A.I. commentary, but the content rocks. C'mon Sweden! Send them ALL to Ukraine!
These are exactly what Ukraine has needed for the past 2 years while waiting for F-16’s. 2 years wasted
Not as many spare Gripens available in the air forces of allies as F-16s. That was a significant factor in the decision.
If there were as many Gripens available, it would have been a better option.
Thank you Sweden for becoming part of NATO. I'm very grateful.
sounds similar to the Jaguar of the 1970's....
Only Jas 39
But the first planes you show are Viggen not Gripen…
The introduction of the video says that scatter operations are a Swedish tradition that began in the last century, which is why we show a Viggen.
@@MilitaryMight-xl1um You should have started with the Draken then , which was the one who started it
@@matso3856 It actually started before Draken, but the further we go back in time, the harder it becomes to find a good video to illustrate it.
Why don’t you tell everyone where these planes are ? That way the air fields will be left alone and the highways bombed.
New saab
😂they show the viggen first. A good plane that have helped the us in shitty situations sometimes😳. Jas c...jas d,❤ Crap no info video.
THIS IS WHY THE GRIPEN IS BETTER THAN THE F16S, HARRIES, THE JET THAT SWEDEN MADE BEFOR THE GRIPEN WOULD ALSO BE GOOD, MIRAGE JETS FROM FRANCE BE GOOD FOR UKRAINE. RUSSIA WILL BE LOOKING VERY HARD FOR THE F16S, BUT HARRIERS, GRIPEN, VIGGEN, MIRAGE, JAGUAR CAN BE ALL OVER UKRAINE NOT JUST IN ONE PLACE THAT WILL MAKE IT HARDER TO FIND THEM, WHEN RUSSIA COMES TO TRY AND TAKE OUT THE F16S THE OTHER JET CAN TAKE THEM OUT.
I quote the words of one of the biggest ace pilots. "The airplane is just a platform on which the pilot brings the weapons to the right place" if you don't know how to do that, then nothing is good.
Why are you screaming? do you have pain anywhere? go to the doctor in that case.
I've read or heard somewhere that the F-16's will be place in "secure" underground hangars in western Ukraine.
Idk, though.
But we needed the F35 for our aircraft carriers. Oh wait we don't have one.
Canada CF105, Could fly Higher faster further, late 50's, USA claimed Rockets were better ? hence TSR 71 F-35 wasn't off the Drawing board.
As usual Politics . . . . were is The Black Widow ?
Wow SAAB was willing to sell them and! Build them in Canada 🇨🇦 😢 We have such a miserable, worthless Prime Misery of Canada Trudeau 😠!!
gripen just lost to koreans fa50 😂
PS for Ukraine
Oh! No! More and heavy SAAB advertising!
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