Those specs seem to be changing time and again as well.

The numbers you are using are not in any way based on reality or flyaway cost.

They didn’t compete in the competition.

Everything you wrote was wrong.

What matters is not having to tell people: “We’re closing this hospital and these schools. Oh, btw, we’re buying a plethora of cutting edge, grotesquely expensive attack fighters, too.”

The unit price of the Gripen is about the same as the F35...

The Danes have only 30 operable F-16s at this point... so it is practically like for like.

In terms of weapons though, I’m not sure the US will hold the edge.

Good question.

they are a member of NATO which makes buying american sort of mandatory

There is money involved

They spent several years and around €20m coming to this decision.

The Israelis retired the F4 all of 12 years ago & by then it wasn’t used much.

Exactly!

They fall down on survivability though.

Then why are the 70's vintage F16s still not flying?

The thousands of scrapped f-16s from the 70s also beg to differ with you!

Hard to see past the existing A-10....

If we use that metric then the A-10 could be kept flying until 2040.

Who would refurbish it if not a ‘defence firm’?