Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Can Hungary's military defeat Austria?" video.

  1. 3:11 Um, why would you say that the Austrian planes are better? The Gripen seem pretty equal to the Typhoon to me at least each have some advantages and dissadvantages vs the other.
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  2. Hum, where have you heard that the Typhoon is more manuverable? The Gripen can land on a smaller airfield then the Typhoon, it can the rearmed by a team of only one technical and 6 conscripts (vs 10 specialists for the Typhoon) meaning that it can just land on a road in the middle of nowhere and as long as there's a single technican there and equipment/ammunition it can take off after 10 minutes from the same road. Defensivly that means that if some Typhoons flys in over land you controll you could potentially have a Gripen take off behind them and ambush them from the middle of nowhere with next to no time for the Typhoons to react. The Gripen has a radar with a wider field of view then any other plane radar I'm aware off and it can provide guidance to a rocket while facing the other way and flying away from the engagement if needed giving it shoot and scot options. It has a longer range then the Typhoon without fuel tanks with better fuel economy according to most of the sources I've read, although they seem a bit conflicting to be honest. With fuel tanks the Typhoon retakes the lead in range (it simply has more hardpoints...) If the engine is damaged and needs to be replaced you can replace the one in the Grifen in 45 minutes, the Typhoon? Not so much... From what I've heard the Gripen is also slightly faster to turn at least at some speeds then the Typhoon. And the Gripen has also been designed to make component upgrades very easy and cost effective making it more likely to be up to date (not to mention that it's cheaper both to purchase and to fly missions in). But yeah, they're generally very close in performance, and with way more hardpoints the Typhoon is more hard-hitting.
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  3. +Lukas Longus I'll conceed the speed advantage of the Typhoon, the manuverability however is a different matter. They both pull about 9 G at the most, but the instant turn rate of the Gripen is just a tiny bit faster as far as I can tell. Can you provide a source where the two has actually gone up against eachother stating otherwise, something that's not just musing of some kind by people on youtube? =) I guess the Hungarian Gripens might need a avionics update... I honestly don't know what upgrades they have or don't have over there...
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