More than a dozen fighter jet hulls ordered to keep the assembly line going in anticipation of the new fighter jet intended to “kill Russian Sukhoi jets” haven’t been completed and are believed to have become a burden for Swedish taxpayers.
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) ordered 14 hulls of its prized Saab Gripen fighter jet, which have been left empty and unused. While the price of the deal remains undisclosed, it is speculated to have set back the state hundreds of millions of kronor, the Svenska Dagbladet newspaper reported.