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by __loam 459 days ago
Gripen has an American engine and uses American licensed missiles.
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Can probably also use other missiles but I agree we need to get rid of all US dependencies and I guess a lot of effort is going on now to see what can be done to get rid of the American engine.

Maybe a cooperation with French (Safran) or British (Rolls Royce) industry could remove their reliance on the Americans? (Not suggesting overnight but over the next 2 - 7 years.)

Snecma Gripen would be pretty sick.
The best medium range missile usable from a Gripen is the Meteor, which is a European product. Of course the issue is that production isn’t high enough.
Good point I forgot about the meteor.
Presumably you can't brick an engine. The F-35 can be.