A.P. Richelieu
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Sir jee, a group of PAF pilots thoroughly test Gripen C/D, and for all that effort they get their design copied in the form of JF-17. Do you think they are going to be happy with this? I almost feel as if Gripen NG was created with a vengeance to outshine the Thunder And of course they will sell it to India so it can go head to head with the... ahem, 'competition'
That is because You vastly overstate how much people think of the effects on Pakistan,
before they make decisions.
I doubt that Pakistani pilot have "thoroughly tested Gripen".
They may have gotten one or a few short courtesy flights, but that is nothing I ever heard about.
During a visit to Sweden 2004, Musharaff said in a speech, that Gripen was one of several alternatives PAF was looking at.
This surprised the prime minister of Sweden, since it had not been discussed in the meetings.
The Swedish government came back a little later and said that a Gripen sale was out of the question.
Why would SAAB allow a thorough testing by PAF without any prospective sale?
PAF might have studied official documents on the Gripen...