"Goran Larsson" wrote in message
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In article ,
Kevin Brooks wrote:

There is some debate about that; Saab's own earlier relaease stated that
the
Swedish government had agreed to absorb ALL costs for this lease.

That must be an misunderstanding. The deal is that the Swedish government
will lease, to the Czech Republic, aircraft it has ordered from Saab, but
no longer needs, and that the lease should cover all costs that the
Swedish
government have had for the leased aircrafts, i.e. the lease deal is cost
neutral for the Swedish government.

All I can say is that this is the exact wording from Saab's press release on
Dec 1, 2003:

"Sweden is offering to loan the Czech Republic 14 new Gripen fighter
aircraft for five or 10 years...If the Czech Republic chooses the Gripen the
Swedish state will fully cover any costs associated with the loan."

Source: http://www.saab.se/node3299.asp?id=2003120101310

The only thing I deleted from that excerpt was an explanatory bit about the
JAS-39 NATO compatibility.

Brooks



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