The selection is going to be highly political, and I'm sure that our Defense Minister is going to end up running for cover again.
If this is an open and proper process and non-politicized, the F-35 with the second run production costs wins and its not close at all.
If the Gripen wins, or any of the other planes win, then it will always be questions about how political this was.
As it stands if the Gripen wins, it will probably crush Air Force moral and military moral. They're already seeing a lot of skilled airforce personal and pilots walking away from the service.
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