What type of fighter jets should we choose ?

[mapuc]

Denmark are about to make a decision on their next generation of Fighter Jets to the Danish Airforce.

The backbone in the Danish airforce F-16 has served Denmark since the late 70s and now it's time to send this aircraft at the museum. Therefore, Denmark needs a new fighter jets to replace it.

Denmark has selected four candidates. they are:

Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet one or two-seat, do not know which.

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II one or two-seat do not know which.

Saab JAS 39 Gripen E / F (Next Generation) same here

Eurofighter Typhoon

All of the above aircraft has its advantages and disadvantage.

Well I do not have to be the one to choose. I have chosen my favorite aircraft F/A-18.

So what planes do you think Denmark should choose?

Markus

[Mittelwaechter]

A European one of course.

Make a compensation deal. You're digging a tunnel to Sweden iirc. They will come for booze I guess.
Charge them with a fee and they'll pay the Gripens for you.

[TarJak]

ones with big guns.

And lazers!

pew pew!

[Skybird]

For Denmark, the Gripen sounds ideal in ability and costs. However, squeeze a good deal out of the Swedes, the plane is not the newest anymore.

F-35 and Eurofighters are too expensive for what they offer. The Superhornet also would be a good choice, but the Gripen probably can be had cheaper. However, for long range operations over water, the Hornet might be better than the Gripen, I'm not sure: longer legs, or am I mistaken? Thinking about the Faroer Islands.

Or forget fighters completely, and go for drones. Its only a question of time until drones no longer just maverick ground targets, but start shooting stuff out of the sky as well.

[krashkart]

I highly recommend the F-35. Somebody's got to help us pay for that flying metal coprolite.

[TarJak]

OK being serious. They are all too expensive and don't work properly for what you need. Drones is the way to go. Cheaper, less risk to losing pilots yadda yadda.

[Admiral Halsey]

Originally Posted by TarJak

OK being serious. They are all too expensive and don't work properly for what you need. Drones is the way to go. Cheaper, less risk to losing pilots yadda yadda.

You want a cheap and proven fighter? Then start building these

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

You want a cheap and proven fighter? Then start building these

Nostalgia is good and all, but...

[Admiral Halsey]

Originally Posted by krashkart

Nostalgia is good and all, but...

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True it may not be as fast as modern jets but how well could a heat seeking missile track them? After all its got no jet exhaust

[Herr-Berbunch]

Anything but F-35, prove to the world that Denmark isn't as gullible as the rest of us.

[Oberon]

Go with what we should have, the Hornet. It's cheaper, but still a very potent weapon. The Eurofighter is a good bird, but too expensive for what you need, and the less said about the F35 the better. The Gripen is good though, and you might be able to haggle the price down with the Swedes, but ultimately the F-18E/F is a tried and tested bird, and probably the best bang per buck out of the four.

Of course, drones are the next big thing, so getting ahead of the curve might pay off but then you've got to consider the cut back in staffing that drones would represent and factor that into Denmarks unemployment rate, so politically it makes more sense to buy manned aircraft than to go drone...at this time.

[Jimbuna]

Any of them at the right price apart from the F35.

[Wolferz]

How about a squadron of those Iranian stealth fighters?
All you'll need to do is learn the catch phrases for weapon deployment.

"Allah hu Akbar!" WOOSH!...... BOOM!
Great yuyulation!

[Jimbuna]

[Wolferz]

^^
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